Executive Summary



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Summary
Title Memcached vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3601-1 First vendor Publication 2018-03-19
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2018-03-19
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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

- Ubuntu 17.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

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

Software Description: - memcached: high-performance memory object caching system

Details:

It was discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled reusing certain items. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Memcached to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 17.10:
memcached 1.4.33-1ubuntu3.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
memcached 1.4.25-2ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
memcached 1.4.14-0ubuntu9.3

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

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3601-1
CVE-2018-1000127

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/1.4.33-1ubuntu3.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/1.4.25-2ubuntu1.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/1.4.14-0ubuntu9.3

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3601-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-667 Insufficient Locking
50 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 20
Application 1
Os 3
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-07-03 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1177.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-06-07 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-4218.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-05-29 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1138.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-03-30 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1329.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2018-04-11 17:21:18
  • Multiple Updates
2018-03-20 00:19:16
  • First insertion