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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : memcached (SUSE-SU-2018:0839-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 108746

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for memcached fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2017-9951: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in try_read_command function which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service attack (bsc#1056865).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2018-562=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2018-562=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-562=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-562=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056865

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9951/

http://www.nessus.org/u?328cf56d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 108746

File Name: suse_SU-2018-0839-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/30/2018

Updated: 11/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9951

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:memcached, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:memcached-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:memcached-debugsource

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9951