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Amazon Linux AMI : memcached (ALAS-2016-761)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 94681

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Synopsis

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

Description

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the memcached binary protocol. An attacker could create a specially crafted message that would cause the memcached server to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-8704 , CVE-2016-8705)

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in memcached's parsing of SASL authentication messages. An attacker could create a specially crafted message that would cause the memcached server to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2016-8706)

Solution

Run 'yum update memcached' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-761.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 94681

File Name: ala_ALAS-2016-761.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2016

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8704, CVE-2016-8705, CVE-2016-8706

ALAS: 2016-761