vulnerability
CentOS: (CVE-2016-8704) CESA-2016:2820: memcached
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 28, 2016 | Jan 27, 2017 | May 5, 2019 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 28, 2016
Added
Jan 27, 2017
Modified
May 5, 2019
Description
An integer overflow in the process_bin_append_prepend function in Memcached, which is responsible for processing multiple commands of Memcached binary protocol, can be abused to cause heap overflow and lead to remote code execution.
Solutions
centos-upgrade-memcachedcentos-upgrade-memcached-devel
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