GLSA-201701-12 : memcached: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 96243

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-12 (memcached: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in memcached.
Please review the CVE identifiers and Cisco TALOS reports referenced below for details.
Impact :

A remote attacker could abuse memcached’s binary protocol leading to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All memcached users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/memcached-1.4.33'

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 96243

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201701-12.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 1/3/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:memcached, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/2/2017

Reference Information

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

GLSA: 201701-12

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