An integer overflow in process_bin_sasl_auth function in Memcached, which is responsible for authentication commands of Memcached binary protocol, can be abused to cause heap overflow and lead to remote code execution.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-memcached | Sep 20, 2017 | Jan 6, 2017 | |
| Amazon_linux | — | amazon-linux-upgrade-memcached | Nov 11, 2016 | Nov 10, 2016 |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Jan 6, 2017 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-memcached | Nov 3, 2016 | Nov 3, 2016 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-memcached | Nov 14, 2016 | Nov 2, 2016 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-memcached | Oct 30, 2017 | Jan 6, 2017 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-memcached | Nov 30, 2017 | Jan 6, 2017 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-service-memcached-1-4-33-0-175-3-16-0-3-0 | May 29, 2017 | Jan 6, 2017 | |
| Oracle_linux | — | oracle-linux-upgrade-memcachedoracle-linux-upgrade-memcached-devel | Nov 23, 2016 | Oct 31, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | redhat-upgrade-memcachedredhat-upgrade-memcached-debuginforedhat-upgrade-memcached-devel | Nov 23, 2016 | Nov 23, 2016 |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-memcachedsuse-upgrade-memcached-devel | Jan 6, 2017 | Jan 6, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-memcached | Nov 3, 2016 | Nov 2, 2016 |
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