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openSUSE Security Update : memcached (openSUSE-2018-373)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109100

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for memcached fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2018-1000115: Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume (Network Amplification, CWE-406) vulnerability in the UDP support of the memcached server could result in denial of service via network flood (traffic amplification of 1:50,000 has been reported by reliable sources). (bsc#1083903)

 - Home directory shouldn't be world readable bsc#1077718

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected memcached packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1077718

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1083903

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109100

File Name: openSUSE-2018-373.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/18/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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 v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

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:42.3

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000115