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Ubuntu 19.04: USN-4125-1 Critical: Memcached Exposes Data

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Calendar Grey September 9, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4126-1 tackles vulnerabilities in OpenSSH that could lead to unauthorized access.
Memcached could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted UNIX socket.

Summary

Memcached could be made to expose sensitive information if it

received a specially crafted UNIX socket.

Software Description:

- memcached: high-performance memory object caching system

Details:

It was discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled certain UNIX sockets.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update Ubuntu information access memcached expose sensitive information Unix socket

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04:
  memcached                       1.5.10-0ubuntu1.19.04.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  memcached                       1.5.6-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  memcached                       1.4.25-2ubuntu1.5

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4125-1

CVE-2019-15026

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September 09, 2019

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update Ubuntu information access memcached expose sensitive information Unix socket

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/1.5.10-0ubuntu1.19.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/1.5.6-0ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/1.4.25-2ubuntu1.5

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