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| From: | Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o> |
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| To: | gentoo-announce@l.g.o |
| Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201701-12 ] memcached: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| Date: | Mon, 02 Jan 2017 14:45:20 |
| Message-Id: | dafe3c34-ff3a-cff2-f2c8-854c37405db2@gentoo.org |
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| 2 | Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-12 |
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| 4 | https://security.gentoo.org/ |
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| 6 | |
| 7 | Severity: Normal |
| 8 | Title: memcached: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| 9 | Date: January 02, 2017 |
| 10 | Bugs: #598836 |
| 11 | ID: 201701-12 |
| 12 | |
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| 14 | |
| 15 | Synopsis |
| 16 | ======== |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in memcached which could lead |
| 19 | to the remote execution of arbitrary code. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Background |
| 22 | ========== |
| 23 | |
| 24 | memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching |
| 25 | system |
| 26 | |
| 27 | Affected packages |
| 28 | ================= |
| 29 | |
| 30 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 31 | Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
| 32 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 33 | 1 net-misc/memcached < 1.4.33 >= 1.4.33 |
| 34 | |
| 35 | Description |
| 36 | =========== |
| 37 | |
| 38 | Multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in memcached. |
| 39 | Please review the CVE identifiers and Cisco TALOS reports referenced |
| 40 | below for details. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | Impact |
| 43 | ====== |
| 44 | |
| 45 | A remote attacker could abuse memcached's binary protocol leading to |
| 46 | the remote execution of arbitrary code. |
| 47 | |
| 48 | Workaround |
| 49 | ========== |
| 50 | |
| 51 | There is no known workaround at this time. |
| 52 | |
| 53 | Resolution |
| 54 | ========== |
| 55 | |
| 56 | All memcached users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| 57 | |
| 58 | # emerge --sync |
| 59 | # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/memcached-1.4.33" |
| 60 | |
| 61 | References |
| 62 | ========== |
| 63 | |
| 64 | [ 1 ] CVE-2016-8704 |
| 65 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8704 |
| 66 | [ 2 ] CVE-2016-8705 |
| 67 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8705 |
| 68 | [ 3 ] CVE-2016-8706 |
| 69 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8706 |
| 70 | [ 4 ] TALOS-2016-0219 |
| 71 | http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0219/ |
| 72 | [ 5 ] TALOS-2016-0220 |
| 73 | http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0220/ |
| 74 | [ 6 ] TALOS-2016-0221 |
| 75 | http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0221/ |
| 76 | |
| 77 | Availability |
| 78 | ============ |
| 79 | |
| 80 | This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
| 81 | the Gentoo Security Website: |
| 82 | |
| 83 | https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-12 |
| 84 | |
| 85 | Concerns? |
| 86 | ========= |
| 87 | |
| 88 | Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
| 89 | confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
| 90 | importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
| 91 | security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
| 92 | https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
| 93 | |
| 94 | License |
| 95 | ======= |
| 96 | |
| 97 | Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
| 98 | belongs to its owner(s). |
| 99 | |
| 100 | The contents of this document are licensed under the |
| 101 | Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
| 102 | |
| 103 | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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