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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2832-1 (memcached - several vulnerabilities)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in memcached, a high-performance memory object caching system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues: CVE-2011-4971 Stefan Bucur reported that memcached could be caused to crash by sending a specially crafted packet. CVE-2013-7239 It was reported that SASL authentication could be bypassed due to a flaw related to the management of the SASL authentication state. With a specially crafted request, a remote attacker may be able to authenticate with invalid SASL credentials.
Affected Software
Affected Software
memcached on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.5-1+deb6u1. Note that the patch for CVE-2013-7239 was not applied for the oldstable distribution as SASL support is not enabled in this version. This update also provides the fix for CVE-2013-0179 which was fixed for stable already. For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.13-0.2+deb7u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your memcached packages.