CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-8706
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190
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.
Affected configurations
• memcached memcached (<= 1.4.31)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2819.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3704 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94083 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037333 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0221/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-12 security.gentoo.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2819.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3704 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94083 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037333 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0221/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-12 security.gentoo.org