First published: Mon Mar 19 2018(Updated: )
It was discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled reusing certain items. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Memcached to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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All of | ||
ubuntu/memcached | <1.4.33-1ubuntu3.3 | 1.4.33-1ubuntu3.3 |
Ubuntu Ubuntu | =17.10 | |
All of | ||
ubuntu/memcached | <1.4.25-2ubuntu1.4 | 1.4.25-2ubuntu1.4 |
Ubuntu Ubuntu | =16.04 | |
All of | ||
ubuntu/memcached | <1.4.14-0ubuntu9.3 | 1.4.14-0ubuntu9.3 |
Ubuntu Ubuntu | =14.04 |
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The vulnerability ID for this Memcached vulnerability is CVE-2018-1000127.
This vulnerability can cause Memcached to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
The versions of Memcached affected by this vulnerability are 1.4.33-1ubuntu3.3, 1.4.25-2ubuntu1.4, and 1.4.14-0ubuntu9.3.
To fix this vulnerability, update Memcached to version 1.4.33-1ubuntu3.3, 1.4.25-2ubuntu1.4, or 1.4.14-0ubuntu9.3.
You can find more information about this Memcached vulnerability at the following references: [Ubuntu Security Advisory](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000127), [Launchpad - 1.4.33-1ubuntu3.3](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/1.4.33-1ubuntu3.3), [Launchpad - 1.4.25-2ubuntu1.4](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/1.4.25-2ubuntu1.4).