Gentoo alert 201701-12 (memcached)
| From: | Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> | |
| To: | gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org | |
| Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201701-12 ] memcached: Multiple vulnerabilities | |
| Date: | Mon, 2 Jan 2017 15:43:11 +0100 | |
| Message-ID: | <dafe3c34-ff3a-cff2-f2c8-854c37405db2@gentoo.org> |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: memcached: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: January 02, 2017 Bugs: #598836 ID: 201701-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in memcached which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code. Background ========== memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/memcached < 1.4.33 >= 1.4.33 Description =========== Multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in memcached. Please review the CVE identifiers and Cisco TALOS reports referenced below for details. Impact ====== A remote attacker could abuse memcached's binary protocol leading to the remote execution of arbitrary code. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All memcached users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/memcached-1.4.33" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2016-8704 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8704 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-8705 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8705 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-8706 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8706 [ 4 ] TALOS-2016-0219 http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0219/ [ 5 ] TALOS-2016-0220 http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0220/ [ 6 ] TALOS-2016-0221 http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0221/ Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-12 Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5