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USN-2080-1: Memcached vulnerabilities

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USN-2080-1: Memcached vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/12/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/08/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

Multiple integer signedness errors in the (1) process_bin_sasl_auth, (2) process_bin_complete_sasl_auth, (3) process_bin_update, and (4) process_bin_append_prepend functions in Memcached 1.4.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large body length value in a packet.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-memcached

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