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Posted on 01 January 2014
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2832-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
January 01, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : memcached
Vulnerability : several
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2011-4971 CVE-2013-7239
Debian Bug : 706426 733643
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in memcached, a high-performance
memory object caching system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project identifies the following issues:
CVE-2011-4971
Stefan Bucur reported that memcached could be caused to crash by
sending a specially crafted packet.
CVE-2013-7239
It was reported that SASL authentication could be bypassed due to a
flaw related to the managment of the SASL authentication state. With
a specially crafted request, a remote attacker may be able to
authenticate with invalid SASL credentials.
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.4.5-1+deb6u1. Note that the patch for CVE-2013-7239 was not
applied for the oldstable distribution as SASL support is not enabled in
this version. This update also provides the fix for CVE-2013-0179 which
was fixed for stable already.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.4.13-0.2+deb7u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your memcached packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
