Mageia alert MGASA-2026-0203 (memcached)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2026-0203: Updated memcached packages fix security vulnerabilities
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Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:29:06 +0200
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MGASA-2026-0203 - Updated memcached packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 12 Jun 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0203.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2026-47783,
     CVE-2026-47784

Description:
CVE-2026-47784 In memcached before 1.6.42, password data for SASL
password database authentication has a timing side channel because
memcmp is used by sasl_server_userdb_checkpass.
CVE-2026-47783 In memcached before 1.6.42, username data for SASL
password database authentication has a timing side channel because a
loop exits as soon as a valid username is found by
sasl_server_userdb_checkpass.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35552
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1642
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47783
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47784

SRPMS:
- 9/core/memcached-1.6.42-1.mga9