INFSA-2024:3842: c-ares security update
Information about definition
Identificator: INFSA-2024:3842
Type: security
Release date: 2024-12-27 09:22:55 UTC
Information about package
The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS (Domain Name System) requests and provides name resolving API.
Vulnerabilities description
- CVE-2024-25629
c-ares is a C library for asynchronous DNS requests. `ares__read_line()` is used to parse local configuration files such as `/etc/resolv.conf`, `/etc/nsswitch.conf`, the `HOSTALIASES` file, and if using a c-ares version prior to 1.27.0, the `/etc/hosts` file. If any of these configuration files has an embedded `NULL` character as the first character in a new line, it can lead to attempting to read memory prior to the start of the given buffer which may result in a crash. This issue is fixed in c-ares 1.27.0. No known workarounds exist.
Severity level
| CVE | Score CVSS 2.0 | Score CVSS 3.x | Score CVSS 4.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
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NIST — CVE-2024-25629
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no information | 4.4 | no information |
Updated packages