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Fedora 23: 2016-4df986a71f Critical: Memcached Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey November 14, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 23 memcached patch improves stability and counters vulnerabilities to bolster efficiency and safety.
Security fix for CVE-2016-8704, CVE-2016-8705, CVE-2016-8706

Summary

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.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-8704, CVE-2016-8705, CVE-2016-8706

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update Fedora remote code execution memcached

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1390510 - CVE-2016-8704 memcached: Server append/prepend remote code execution https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1390510 [ 2 ] Bug #1390511 - CVE-2016-8705 memcached: Server update remote code execution https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1390511 [ 3 ] Bug #1390512 - CVE-2016-8706 memcached: SASL authentication remote code execution https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1390512

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade memcached' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: memcached
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 1.4.17
Release: 5.fc23
URL: http://www.memcached.org/
Summary: High Performance, Distributed Memory Object Cache

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update Fedora remote code execution memcached

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