[packages/memcached] disable udp in default config to avoid memcrashed aplification attacks

glen glen at pld-linux.org
Fri Dec 28 10:25:06 CET 2018


commit 528eaeb2196d4f7bff22b6a0b90447ed75cfcbcb
Author: Elan Ruusamäe <glen at pld-linux.org>
Date:   Fri Dec 28 11:18:42 2018 +0200

    disable udp in default config to avoid memcrashed aplification attacks
    
    https://blog.cloudflare.com/memcrashed-major-amplification-attacks-from-port-11211/

 memcached.sysconfig | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/memcached.sysconfig b/memcached.sysconfig
index 4157db1..089e9bf 100644
--- a/memcached.sysconfig
+++ b/memcached.sysconfig
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ SERVICE_RUN_NICE_LEVEL="+0"
 LISTEN="127.0.0.1:11211"
 
 # other options not defined earlier
-#MEMCACHED_OPTS=""
+
+# -U 0 to disable UDP listen:
+#      https://blog.cloudflare.com/memcrashed-major-amplification-attacks-from-port-11211/
+MEMCACHED_OPTS="-U 0"
 
 # Set ulimit at least as high as MAXCONN
 #SERVICE_LIMITS="-n $MAXCONN"
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