Amazon Linux 2023 : memcached, memcached-devel, memcached-selinux (ALAS2023-2023-449)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 186970

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-449 advisory.

- In Memcached before 1.6.22, a buffer overflow exists when processing multiget requests in proxy mode, if there are many spaces after the get substring. (CVE-2023-46852)

- In Memcached before 1.6.22, an off-by-one error exists when processing proxy requests in proxy mode, if \n is used instead of \r\n. (CVE-2023-46853)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'dnf update memcached --releasever 2023.2.20231211' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 186970

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-449.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 12/15/2023

Updated: 12/15/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46853

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:memcached-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:memcached-selinux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:memcached-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:memcached, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:memcached-debugsource, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46852, CVE-2023-46853

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