USN-4125-1: Memcached vulnerability

Publication date

9 September 2019

Overview

Memcached could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted UNIX socket.


Packages

  • memcached - high-performance memory object caching system

Details

It was discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled certain UNIX sockets.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.

It was discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled certain UNIX sockets.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
19.04 disco memcached –  1.5.10-0ubuntu1.19.04.2
18.04 bionic memcached –  1.5.6-0ubuntu1.2
16.04 xenial memcached –  1.4.25-2ubuntu1.5

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