Ubuntu Security Notice 2080-1 - Stefan Bucur discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled certain large body lengths. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Memcached to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Jeremy Sowden discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled logging certain details when the -vv option was used. An attacker could use this issue to cause Memcached to crash, resulting in a denial of service. It was discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled SASL authentication. A remote attacker could use this issue to bypass SASL authentication completely. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04 and Ubuntu 13.10. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2080-1
January 13, 2014
memcached vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Memcached.
Software Description:
- memcached: A high-performance memory object caching system
Details:
Stefan Bucur discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled certain large
body lengths. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Memcached to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2011-4971)
Jeremy Sowden discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled logging certain
details when the -vv option was used. An attacker could use this issue to
cause Memcached to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-0179)
It was discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled SASL authentication.
A remote attacker could use this issue to bypass SASL authentication
completely. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04 and Ubuntu
13.10. (CVE-2013-7239)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 13.10:
memcached 1.4.14-0ubuntu4.1
Ubuntu 13.04:
memcached 1.4.14-0ubuntu1.13.04.1
Ubuntu 12.10:
memcached 1.4.14-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
memcached 1.4.13-0ubuntu2.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2080-1
CVE-2011-4971, CVE-2013-0179, CVE-2013-7239
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/1.4.14-0ubuntu4.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/1.4.14-0ubuntu1.13.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/1.4.14-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/1.4.13-0ubuntu2.1