USN-3120-1: Memcached vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3120-1

2nd November, 2016

memcached vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 16.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Memcached could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Software description

• memcached - A high-performance memory object caching system

Details

Aleksandar Nikolic discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled certain
malformed commands. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
Memcached to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 16.10:

memcached 1.4.25-2ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

memcached 1.4.25-2ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

memcached 1.4.14-0ubuntu9.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

memcached 1.4.13-0ubuntu2.2

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2016-8704, CVE-2016-8705, CVE-2016-8706

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2eB9Vbu