Memcached Denial of service vulnerability

Summary
The host is running Memcached and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow attacker to cause a denial of service. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to the latest version of Memcached 1.4.3 or later, For updates refer to http://memcached.org
Insight
The flaw is due to error in try_read_command() function that allows attacker to temporarily hang or potentially crash the server by sending an overly large number of bytes.
Affected
Memcached 1.4.2 and prior
References