Check Point Advisories

Memcached Denial of Service (CVE-2020-10931)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2020-3627
Date Published:	21 Feb 2023
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 21 February, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2020-10931
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Memcached 1.6.x - 1.6.2
Vulnerability Description	A denial of service vulnerability exists in Memcached. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to create a denial of service condition on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Memcached Denial of Service (CVE-2020-10931) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Memcached Denial of Service (CVE-2020-10931)