Alpine: multiple memcached packages: security update to 1.4.15-r1 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401207

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Multiple integer signedness errors in the (1) process_bin_sasl_auth, (2) process_bin_complete_sasl_auth,
(3) process_bin_update, and (4) process_bin_append_prepend functions in Memcached 1.4.5 and earlier allow
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large body length value in a packet.
(CVE-2011-4971)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 401207

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4971

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4971

BID: 59567

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