CVE-2013-7239

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

memcached before 1.4.17 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending an invalid request with SASL credentials, then sending another request with incorrect SASL credentials.

Affected products

Memcached: through 1.4.16; 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5 (+10)

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/572
http://secunia.com/advisories/56183
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2832
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64559
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2080-1
https://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1417
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/572
http://secunia.com/advisories/56183
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2832
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64559
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2080-1
https://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1417

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