| Name | CVE-2016-8706 |
| Description | An integer overflow in process_bin_sasl_auth function in Memcached, which is responsible for authentication commands of Memcached binary protocol, can be abused to cause heap overflow and lead to remote code execution. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-701-1, DSA-3704-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 842814 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| memcached (PTS) | buster | 1.5.6-1.1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1.5.6-1.1+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 1.6.9+dfsg-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1.6.18-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 1.6.23-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 1.6.26-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| memcached | source | wheezy | 1.4.13-0.2+deb7u2 | DLA-701-1 | ||
| memcached | source | jessie | 1.4.21-1.1+deb8u1 | DSA-3704-1 | ||
| memcached | source | (unstable) | 1.4.33-1 | 842814 |
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0221/
upstream fix https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/bd578fc34b96abe0f8d99c1409814a09f51ee71c