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Today's Topics:

1. [USN-2080-1] Memcached vulnerabilities (Marc Deslauriers)
2. [USN-2081-1] Bind vulnerability (Marc Deslauriers)


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:34:04 -0500
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-2080-1] Memcached vulnerabilities
Message-ID: <52D43FAC.7030404@canonical.com>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2080-1
January 13, 2014

memcached vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Memcached.

Software Description:
- memcached: A high-performance memory object caching system

Details:

Stefan Bucur discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled certain large
body lengths. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Memcached to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2011-4971)

Jeremy Sowden discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled logging certain
details when the -vv option was used. An attacker could use this issue to
cause Memcached to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-0179)

It was discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled SASL authentication.
A remote attacker could use this issue to bypass SASL authentication
completely. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04 and Ubuntu
13.10. (CVE-2013-7239)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
memcached 1.4.14-0ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 13.04:
memcached 1.4.14-0ubuntu1.13.04.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
memcached 1.4.14-0ubuntu1.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
memcached 1.4.13-0ubuntu2.1

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2080-1
CVE-2011-4971, CVE-2013-0179, CVE-2013-7239

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/1.4.14-0ubuntu4.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/1.4.14-0ubuntu1.13.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/1.4.14-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/1.4.13-0ubuntu2.1


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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:36:00 -0500
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-2081-1] Bind vulnerability
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2081-1
January 13, 2014

bind9 vulnerability
==========================================================================

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Bind could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.

Software Description:
- bind9: Internet Domain Name Server

Details:

Jared Mauch discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain queries for
NSEC3-signed zones. A remote attacker could use this flaw with a specially
crafted query to cause Bind to stop responding, resulting in a denial of
service.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
bind9 1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 13.04:
bind9 1:9.9.2.dfsg.P1-2ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 12.10:
bind9 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.2ubuntu3.4

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
bind9 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.8

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
bind9 1:9.7.0.dfsg.P1-1ubuntu0.11

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2081-1
CVE-2014-0591

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/1:9.9.2.dfsg.P1-2ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.2ubuntu3.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.8
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/1:9.7.0.dfsg.P1-1ubuntu0.11


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