CVE-2016-8704 (GCVE-0-2016-8704)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-06 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:27
VLAI
Summary
An integer overflow in the process_bin_append_prepend 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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • integer overflow
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-12 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3704 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2819.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94083 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2820.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0059 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037333 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-20… x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Memcached Memcached Affected: 1.4.31
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Date Public
2016-10-31 00:00
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