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CentOS: (CVE-2016-8704) CESA-2016:2820: memcached

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CentOS: (CVE-2016-8704) CESA-2016:2820: memcached

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/28/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/27/2017
Modified
05/05/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-memcached
  • centos-upgrade-memcached-devel

References

  • DLA-701-1
  • DSA-3704
  • CVE-2016-8704
  • USN-3120-1

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