CVE-2016-8706

NameCVE-2016-8706
DescriptionAn 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-701-1, DSA-3704-1
Debian Bugs842814

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
memcached (PTS)bullseye1.6.9+dfsg-1fixed
bookworm1.6.18-1fixed
sid, trixie1.6.31-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
memcachedsourcewheezy1.4.13-0.2+deb7u2DLA-701-1
memcachedsourcejessie1.4.21-1.1+deb8u1DSA-3704-1
memcachedsource(unstable)1.4.33-1842814

Notes

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0221/
upstream fix https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/bd578fc34b96abe0f8d99c1409814a09f51ee71c

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