openSUSE Security Update : memcached (openSUSE-2016-1314)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 94949

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for memcached fixes the following security issues :

- CVE-2016-8704: Server append/prepend remote code execution (boo#1007871)

- CVE-2016-8705: Server update remote code execution (boo#1007870)

- CVE-2016-8706: Server ASL authentication remote code execution (boo#1007869)

In addition, memcached was updated to 1.4.33 to include all upstream improvements and bugfixes.

Solution

Update the affected memcached packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1007869

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1007870

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1007871

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 94949

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1314.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/18/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:memcached, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:memcached-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:memcached-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:memcached-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2016

Reference Information

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