CVE-2016-8705

Published: 2 November 2016

Multiple integer overflows in process_bin_update function in Memcached, which is responsible for processing multiple commands of Memcached binary protocol, can be abused to cause heap overflow and lead to remote code execution.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 9.8

Status

Package	Release	Status
memcached Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Released (1.4.13-0ubuntu2.2)
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was released [1.4.14-0ubuntu9.1])
	upstream	Released (1.4.33)
	xenial	Released (1.4.25-2ubuntu1.2)
	yakkety	Released (1.4.25-2ubuntu2.1)

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8705
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/10/memcached-vulnerabilities.html
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0220/
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1433
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3120-1
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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