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CentOS Update for memcached CESA-2016:2820 centos6

🗓️ 29 Nov 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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CentOS Update for memcached CESA-2016:2820 centos6. Two integer overflow flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in the memcached binary protocol. memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882601");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-11-29 05:39:39 +0100 (Tue, 29 Nov 2016)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-8704", "CVE-2016-8705");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-01-05 02:31:00 +0000 (Fri, 05 Jan 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("CentOS Update for memcached CESA-2016:2820 centos6");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Check the version of memcached");
  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"memcached is a high-performance, distributed
memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding
up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load.

Security Fix(es):

  * Two integer overflow flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were
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)");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"memcached on CentOS 6");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");

  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2016:2820");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-November/022161.html");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS6");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS6")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"memcached", rpm:"memcached~1.4.4~3.el6_8.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"memcached-devel", rpm:"memcached-devel~1.4.4~3.el6_8.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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