CVE-2018-1000115
HIGHMemcached <1.5.6 - DoS
Title source: llmDescription
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.
Exploits (3)
metasploit
SCANNER
by Marek Majkowski · rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/memcached/memcached_amp.rb
References (15)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.8253
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-400
Status
published
Affected Products (11)
memcached/memcached
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
debian/debian_linux
debian/debian_linux
redhat/openstack
redhat/openstack
redhat/openstack
redhat/openstack
redhat/openstack
Timeline
Published
Mar 05, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026