openSUSE Security Update : memcached (memcached-1165)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 40546

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of memcached fixes a signedness problem which may lead to a buffer too small to hold all data received from the network, this may allow arbitrary remote code execution. (CVE-2009-2415) Additionally an information leak was fixed (CVE-2009-1494, CVE-2009-1255 )

Solution

Update the affected memcached package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527875

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 40546

File Name: suse_11_1_memcached-090806.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/11/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:memcached, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1255, CVE-2009-1494, CVE-2009-2415

CWE: 189, 200