MGASA-2014-0018

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    MGASA-2014-0018

    Published: 21 Jan 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated memcached package fixes multiple security vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated memcached packages fix security vulnerability: It was reported that SASL authentication could be bypassed due to a flaw related to the managment of the SASL authentication state. With a specially crafted request, a remote attacker may be able to authenticate with invalid SASL credentials (CVE-2013-7239). Multiple issues in memcached before 1.4.17 which allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a request that causes a crash when memcached is running in verbose mode (CVE-2013-0179, CVE-2013-7290, CVE-2013-7291).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0018.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2832, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12156

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: memcached

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/memcached?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.17-1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Low
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    Availability
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