Alpine: memcached: security update to 1.4.33-r0

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 405572

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- An integer overflow in the process_bin_append_prepend function in Memcached, which is responsible for
processing multiple commands of Memcached binary protocol, can be abused to cause heap overflow and lead
to remote code execution. (CVE-2016-8704)

- Multiple integer overflows in process_bin_update function in Memcached, which is responsible for
processing multiple commands of Memcached binary protocol, can be abused to cause heap overflow and lead
to remote code execution. (CVE-2016-8705)

- An integer overflow in process_bin_sasl_auth function in Memcached, which is responsible for
authentication commands of Memcached binary protocol, can be abused to cause heap overflow and lead to
remote code execution. (CVE-2016-8706)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 405572

Version: Revision 1.24

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 3/13/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8705

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8704, CVE-2016-8705, CVE-2016-8706

BID: 94083

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