vuln-ubuntu/data/osv/usn/USN-3120-1.json

{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "id": "USN-3120-1",
  "summary": "memcached vulnerabilities",
  "details": "Aleksandar Nikolic discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled certain\nmalformed commands. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause\nMemcached to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute\narbitrary code.\n",
  "aliases": [],
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8704",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8705",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8706"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "published": "2016-11-02T14:13:41Z",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:02Z",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "memcached",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/memcached@1.4.14-0ubuntu9.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"
      },
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        {
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.4.14-0ubuntu9.1"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.4.14-0ubuntu4",
        "1.4.14-0ubuntu8",
        "1.4.14-0ubuntu9"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
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          }
        ],
        "availability": "No subscription required"
      },
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
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                },
                {
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                },
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
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                },
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                },
                {
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                }
              ]
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            {
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
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                },
                {
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                }
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          ]
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3120-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8704"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    }
  ]
}