Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : memcached (MDVSA-2009:202)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 40596

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in memcached :

Multiple integer overflows in memcached 1.1.12 and 1.2.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving length attributes that trigger heap-based buffer overflows (CVE-2009-2415).

This update provides a solution to this vulnerability. Additionally memcached-1.2.x has been upgraded to 1.2.8 for 2009.0/2009.1 and MES 5 that contains a number of upstream fixes, the repcached patch has been upgraded to 2.2 as well.

Solution

Update the affected memcached package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 40596

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2009-202.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 8/17/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:memcached, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2415

BID: 35989

CWE: 189

MDVSA: 2009:202

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