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TITLE:
MemcacheDB "stats maps" Information Disclosure Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34932

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34932/

DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in MemcacheDB, which can be exploited by
malicious people to disclose system information.

The weakness is caused due to the application disclosing the content
of "/proc/self/maps" if a "stats maps" command is received. This can
be exploited to disclose e.g. the addresses of allocated memory
regions.

This is related to:
SA34915

The weakness is reported in version 1.2.0. Other versions may also be
affected.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the development repository.
http://code.google.com/p/memcachedb/source/detail?r=98

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Positron Security

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Positron Security:
http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-001.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA34915:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34915/

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