ALPINE-CVE-2018-1000115

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 0
Published: 05 Mar 2018, 14:29
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:12

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

05 Mar 2018, 14:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:12
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Memcached version 1.5.5 contains an Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume (Network Amplification, CWE-406) vulnerability in the UDP support of the memcached server that can result in denial of service via network flood (traffic amplification of 1:50,000 has been reported by reliable sources). This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity to port 11211 UDP. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.5.6 due to the disabling of the UDP protocol by default.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•memcached

    < 1.4.33-r2 | < 1.4.33-r2 | < 1.4.36-r2

References (1)