Debian: DSA-4218-1: memcached security update
Summary
CVE-2017-9951
Daniel Shapira reported a heap-based buffer over-read in memcached
(resulting from an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8705) triggered by
specially crafted requests to add/set a key and allowing a remote
attacker to cause a denial of service.
CVE-2018-1000115
It was reported that memcached listens to UDP by default. A remote
attacker can take advantage of it to use the memcached service as a
DDoS amplifier.
Default installations of memcached in Debian are not affected by
this issue as the installation defaults to listen only on localhost.
This update disables the UDP port by default. Listening on the UDP
can be re-enabled in the /etc/memcached.conf (cf.
/usr/share/doc/memcached/NEWS.Debian.gz).
CVE-2018-1000127
An integer overflow was reported in memcached, resulting in resource
leaks, data corruption, deadlocks or crashes.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.4.21-1.1+deb8u2.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.4.33-1+deb9u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your memcached packages.
For the detailed security status of memcached please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/memcached
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org