Mageia alert MGASA-2018-0165 (memcached)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2018-0165: Updated memcached packages disable UDP by default 
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Wed, 14 Mar 2018 17:22:02 +0100
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MGASA-2018-0165 - Updated memcached packages disable UDP by default

Publication date: 14 Mar 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0165.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-1000115

Description:
Updated memcached packages fix security vulnerabilities:

Memcached enabled UDP by default, which could be exploited to denial of service 
via network flood (CVE-2018-1000115). By default this UPD is now closed.

With this release some overflow and deadlock situations get fixed too.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22688
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/03/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/08/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/08/7
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1...

SRPMS:
- 6/core/memcached-1.5.6-1.mga6