GLSA 201701-12: memcached: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	memcached: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	01/02/2017
Bugs:	#598836
ID:	201701-12

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in memcached which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-misc/memcached	< 1.4.33	>= 1.4.33	All supported architectures

Description

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.

Resolution

All memcached users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/memcached-1.4.33"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201701-12.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.