Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2MEMCACHED1.5-2025-001
Advisory Released Date: 2025-09-04
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-09-04
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile.c memcached 1.6.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted authenticattion file. (CVE-2021-37519)
Affected Packages:
memcached
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Memcached1.5 Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Extras and this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update memcached or yum update --advisory ALAS2MEMCACHED1.5-2025-001 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
memcached-1.5.17-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
memcached-devel-1.5.17-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
memcached-selinux-1.5.17-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
memcached-debuginfo-1.5.17-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
i686:
memcached-1.5.17-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
memcached-devel-1.5.17-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
memcached-selinux-1.5.17-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
memcached-debuginfo-1.5.17-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
src:
memcached-1.5.17-1.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
memcached-1.5.17-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
memcached-devel-1.5.17-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
memcached-selinux-1.5.17-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
memcached-debuginfo-1.5.17-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64