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FreeBSD: VID-f4bf713f-6ac7-4b76-8980-47bf90c5419f (CVE-2016-8704): memcached -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 2, 2016
Added
Nov 14, 2016
Modified
Jun 15, 2026

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

freebsd-upgrade-package-memcached
Title
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