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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-37519: Security patch for memcached (ALASMEMCACHED1.5-2023-001)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-37519: Security patch for memcached (ALASMEMCACHED1.5-2023-001)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/03/2023
Created
09/28/2023
Added
09/28/2023
Modified
09/28/2023

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile.c memcached 1.6.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted authenticattion file.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-memcached
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-memcached-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-memcached-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-memcached-selinux

References

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