Security update for memcached

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0955-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-1000115 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for memcached fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2018-1000115: Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume (Network Amplification, CWE-406) vulnerability in the UDP support of the memcached server could result in denial of service via network flood (traffic amplification of 1:50,000 has been reported by reliable sources). (bsc#1083903)

  • Home directory shouldn't be world readable bsc#1077718

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-647=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-647=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-647=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • memcached-debugsource-1.4.39-4.6.1
    • memcached-debuginfo-1.4.39-4.6.1
    • memcached-1.4.39-4.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • memcached-debugsource-1.4.39-4.6.1
    • memcached-debuginfo-1.4.39-4.6.1
    • memcached-1.4.39-4.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • memcached-debugsource-1.4.39-4.6.1
    • memcached-debuginfo-1.4.39-4.6.1
    • memcached-1.4.39-4.6.1

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