[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: memcached-1.2.8-2.fc11

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-12552
2009-12-03 04:34:24
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Name        : memcached
Product     : Fedora 11
Version     : 1.2.8
Release     : 2.fc11
URL         : http://www.danga.com/memcached/
Summary     : High Performance, Distributed Memory Object Cache
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.

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Update Information:

Addresses CVE-2009-2415
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Dec  1 2009 Paul Lindner <lindner at mirth.inuus.com> - 1.2.8-2
- Apply patch memcached-1.2.8_proper_vlen_fix.patch
- Addresses CVE-2009-2415
- Resolves 542058
* Wed Apr 29 2009 Paul Lindner <lindner at inuus.com> - 1.2.8-1
- Upgrade to memcached-1.2.8
- Addresses CVE-2009-1255
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #516489 - CVE-2009-2415 memcached: heap-based buffer overflow
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=516489
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update memcached' at the command line.
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available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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