CVE-2020-10931: High severity memcached vulnerability
Published Mar 24, 2020
·Updated
Memcached 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted binary protocol header to tryreadcommandbinary in memcached.c.
Affected Software
1 affected component
Memcached Memcached>=1.6.0<1.6.2
Remediation
Event History
Mar 24, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·02:25 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·02:25 PM
Description
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the vulnerability ID of this issue?
The vulnerability ID is CVE-2020-10931.
2
What is the severity of CVE-2020-10931?
The severity of CVE-2020-10931 is high, with a CVSS score of 7.5.
3
What is the affected software?
The affected software is Memcached version 1.6.x before 1.6.2.
4
How does CVE-2020-10931 impact the affected software?
CVE-2020-10931 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by exploiting a vulnerability in the binary protocol header of Memcached.
5
How can I fix CVE-2020-10931?
To fix CVE-2020-10931, you should update Memcached to version 1.6.2 or later.