USN-3120-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3120-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3120-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3120-1
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Published
2016-11-02T14:13:41.102750Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:18Z
Summary
memcached vulnerabilities
Details

Aleksandar Nikolic discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled certain malformed commands. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Memcached to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / memcached

Package

Name
memcached
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/memcached@1.4.14-0ubuntu9.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.14-0ubuntu9.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.14-0ubuntu4
1.4.14-0ubuntu8
1.4.14-0ubuntu9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "memcached",
            "binary_version": "1.4.14-0ubuntu9.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-8704",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "high",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-8705",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "high",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-8706",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "high",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / memcached

Package

Name
memcached
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/memcached@1.4.25-2ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.25-2ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.24-2ubuntu1
1.4.25-1ubuntu2
1.4.25-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "memcached",
            "binary_version": "1.4.25-2ubuntu1.2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-8704",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "high",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-8705",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "high",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-8706",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "high",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}