Issued:
2017-03-21
Updated:
2017-03-21

RHBA-2017:0595 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

memcached bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for memcached is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system,
generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications
by alleviating database load.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Users of memcached are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 883438 - Memcached init script allows it to be started by an unprivileged user
  • BZ - 902432 - Exceeding nofile resource-limit corrupts event-loop

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2014e453245a15d8d105e8ff1d00928be9d8342d444d0c2da56c2e1d266c8ef0
x86_64
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8f6f550cb9a96ab822d43538b3138eda409d4fea461175f98ab9e94725a0121
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 634c8b64c5cc1737cea927e248ab28ed4ce7bb4f3dea9058322f08bcea064f33
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e867964e9846406b9cee0d2a14dff9d36741ec2e2474e1ec71996f7fc07f9dec
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e867964e9846406b9cee0d2a14dff9d36741ec2e2474e1ec71996f7fc07f9dec
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 482028c8b693a27e8ca07eb8671a42a53b746815797dedf2d2ce3a2ba3775a95
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 956f7b264887e23920696e8ad197aa20830ed648b0b7fa4ecd4db48051ccd544
i386
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7f82b2f1b353ff1462468ef097622027e66066d21830c09efe1bb5bd57a948f4
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 634c8b64c5cc1737cea927e248ab28ed4ce7bb4f3dea9058322f08bcea064f33
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 634c8b64c5cc1737cea927e248ab28ed4ce7bb4f3dea9058322f08bcea064f33
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 482028c8b693a27e8ca07eb8671a42a53b746815797dedf2d2ce3a2ba3775a95

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2014e453245a15d8d105e8ff1d00928be9d8342d444d0c2da56c2e1d266c8ef0
x86_64
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8f6f550cb9a96ab822d43538b3138eda409d4fea461175f98ab9e94725a0121
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 634c8b64c5cc1737cea927e248ab28ed4ce7bb4f3dea9058322f08bcea064f33
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e867964e9846406b9cee0d2a14dff9d36741ec2e2474e1ec71996f7fc07f9dec
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e867964e9846406b9cee0d2a14dff9d36741ec2e2474e1ec71996f7fc07f9dec
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 482028c8b693a27e8ca07eb8671a42a53b746815797dedf2d2ce3a2ba3775a95
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 956f7b264887e23920696e8ad197aa20830ed648b0b7fa4ecd4db48051ccd544
i386
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7f82b2f1b353ff1462468ef097622027e66066d21830c09efe1bb5bd57a948f4
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 634c8b64c5cc1737cea927e248ab28ed4ce7bb4f3dea9058322f08bcea064f33
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 634c8b64c5cc1737cea927e248ab28ed4ce7bb4f3dea9058322f08bcea064f33
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 482028c8b693a27e8ca07eb8671a42a53b746815797dedf2d2ce3a2ba3775a95

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2014e453245a15d8d105e8ff1d00928be9d8342d444d0c2da56c2e1d266c8ef0
x86_64
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8f6f550cb9a96ab822d43538b3138eda409d4fea461175f98ab9e94725a0121
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 634c8b64c5cc1737cea927e248ab28ed4ce7bb4f3dea9058322f08bcea064f33
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e867964e9846406b9cee0d2a14dff9d36741ec2e2474e1ec71996f7fc07f9dec
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e867964e9846406b9cee0d2a14dff9d36741ec2e2474e1ec71996f7fc07f9dec
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 482028c8b693a27e8ca07eb8671a42a53b746815797dedf2d2ce3a2ba3775a95
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 956f7b264887e23920696e8ad197aa20830ed648b0b7fa4ecd4db48051ccd544
i386
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7f82b2f1b353ff1462468ef097622027e66066d21830c09efe1bb5bd57a948f4
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 634c8b64c5cc1737cea927e248ab28ed4ce7bb4f3dea9058322f08bcea064f33
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 634c8b64c5cc1737cea927e248ab28ed4ce7bb4f3dea9058322f08bcea064f33
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 482028c8b693a27e8ca07eb8671a42a53b746815797dedf2d2ce3a2ba3775a95

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2014e453245a15d8d105e8ff1d00928be9d8342d444d0c2da56c2e1d266c8ef0
x86_64
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8f6f550cb9a96ab822d43538b3138eda409d4fea461175f98ab9e94725a0121
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 634c8b64c5cc1737cea927e248ab28ed4ce7bb4f3dea9058322f08bcea064f33
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e867964e9846406b9cee0d2a14dff9d36741ec2e2474e1ec71996f7fc07f9dec
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 482028c8b693a27e8ca07eb8671a42a53b746815797dedf2d2ce3a2ba3775a95
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 956f7b264887e23920696e8ad197aa20830ed648b0b7fa4ecd4db48051ccd544
i386
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7f82b2f1b353ff1462468ef097622027e66066d21830c09efe1bb5bd57a948f4
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 634c8b64c5cc1737cea927e248ab28ed4ce7bb4f3dea9058322f08bcea064f33
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 482028c8b693a27e8ca07eb8671a42a53b746815797dedf2d2ce3a2ba3775a95

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2014e453245a15d8d105e8ff1d00928be9d8342d444d0c2da56c2e1d266c8ef0
s390x
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4a4cae04f42014e85dca16fde4988ed3924774e0431bf8797fcf7549bac08e0b
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.s390.rpm SHA-256: ebc643a0ac237a3fe787dc58c627842eb2df1a74024de761c1365d0f1cf6ea42
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2399d147b40aafe4de5259c35d931c84ee4186bd31111f42bc3ee0e6a564c2e2
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2399d147b40aafe4de5259c35d931c84ee4186bd31111f42bc3ee0e6a564c2e2
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.s390.rpm SHA-256: a25fb8dffb0688ca59c462b12fb92969c1320222ef4748f77a58ea7f31a4bfae
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 66b7427640bbe0655d968780311ce94c2506680eb8f376068bc9e81a6ce18b4b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2014e453245a15d8d105e8ff1d00928be9d8342d444d0c2da56c2e1d266c8ef0
ppc64
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: cd4cf7fb6984e6b3a0efe76092d9e3ec3bbe9131dc8549709543ef67ba775c78
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 2976311d828a0910eb19cddbaec7439450c9db01b81ed197f93912ecb2e1d44c
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 675eee7d2ed752524782af5448a96cffc1774ec1dd363a5d2800fa174fad83f6
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 675eee7d2ed752524782af5448a96cffc1774ec1dd363a5d2800fa174fad83f6
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.ppc.rpm SHA-256: c52987468596ddf3b080cb69c8b2d22f6417a679be6e0da2115e2aafedbaf390
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: c16ea275dd6f6cbec54e091ce37862fcdfd8f55d2b101486a6acf10be5366154

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2014e453245a15d8d105e8ff1d00928be9d8342d444d0c2da56c2e1d266c8ef0
x86_64
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8f6f550cb9a96ab822d43538b3138eda409d4fea461175f98ab9e94725a0121
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 634c8b64c5cc1737cea927e248ab28ed4ce7bb4f3dea9058322f08bcea064f33
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e867964e9846406b9cee0d2a14dff9d36741ec2e2474e1ec71996f7fc07f9dec
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 482028c8b693a27e8ca07eb8671a42a53b746815797dedf2d2ce3a2ba3775a95
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 956f7b264887e23920696e8ad197aa20830ed648b0b7fa4ecd4db48051ccd544

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2014e453245a15d8d105e8ff1d00928be9d8342d444d0c2da56c2e1d266c8ef0
s390x
memcached-1.4.4-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4a4cae04f42014e85dca16fde4988ed3924774e0431bf8797fcf7549bac08e0b
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.s390.rpm SHA-256: ebc643a0ac237a3fe787dc58c627842eb2df1a74024de761c1365d0f1cf6ea42
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2399d147b40aafe4de5259c35d931c84ee4186bd31111f42bc3ee0e6a564c2e2
memcached-debuginfo-1.4.4-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2399d147b40aafe4de5259c35d931c84ee4186bd31111f42bc3ee0e6a564c2e2
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.s390.rpm SHA-256: a25fb8dffb0688ca59c462b12fb92969c1320222ef4748f77a58ea7f31a4bfae
memcached-devel-1.4.4-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 66b7427640bbe0655d968780311ce94c2506680eb8f376068bc9e81a6ce18b4b

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