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Posted on 02 January 2017
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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>
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Subject: [ GLSA 201701-12 ] memcached: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-12
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: memcached: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 02, 2017
Bugs: #598836
ID: 201701-12

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in memcached which could lead
to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching
system

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/memcached < 1.4.33 >= 1.4.33

Description
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Multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in memcached.
Please review the CVE identifiers and Cisco TALOS reports referenced
below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could abuse memcached's binary protocol leading to
the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All memcached users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/memcached-1.4.33"

References
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[ 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
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-12

Concerns?
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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
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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


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