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[ALSA-2023:7116] c-ares security update

Severity Moderate
Affected Packages 6
CVEs 1
Info Packages References Vulnerabilities

c-ares security update

The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS (Domain Name System) requests and provides name resolving API.

Security Fix(es):

  • c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check (CVE-2022-4904)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Package Affected Version
pkg:rpm/almalinux/c-ares?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8 < 1.13.0-8.el8
pkg:rpm/almalinux/c-ares?arch=i686&distro=almalinux-8 < 1.13.0-8.el8
pkg:rpm/almalinux/c-ares?arch=aarch64&distro=almalinux-8 < 1.13.0-8.el8
pkg:rpm/almalinux/c-ares-devel?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8 < 1.13.0-8.el8
pkg:rpm/almalinux/c-ares-devel?arch=i686&distro=almalinux-8 < 1.13.0-8.el8
pkg:rpm/almalinux/c-ares-devel?arch=aarch64&distro=almalinux-8 < 1.13.0-8.el8
ID
ALSA-2023:7116
Severity
moderate
URL
https://errata.almalinux.org/ALSA-2023:7116.html
Published
2023-11-14T00:00:00
(10 months ago)
Modified
2023-11-24T10:32:56
(9 months ago)
Rights
Copyright 2023 AlmaLinux OS
Other Advisories
Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/c-ares?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8 almalinux c-ares < 1.13.0-8.el8 almalinux-8 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/c-ares?arch=i686&distro=almalinux-8 almalinux c-ares < 1.13.0-8.el8 almalinux-8 i686
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/c-ares?arch=aarch64&distro=almalinux-8 almalinux c-ares < 1.13.0-8.el8 almalinux-8 aarch64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/c-ares-devel?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8 almalinux c-ares-devel < 1.13.0-8.el8 almalinux-8 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/c-ares-devel?arch=i686&distro=almalinux-8 almalinux c-ares-devel < 1.13.0-8.el8 almalinux-8 i686
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/c-ares-devel?arch=aarch64&distro=almalinux-8 almalinux c-ares-devel < 1.13.0-8.el8 almalinux-8 aarch64
# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories Exploits PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date
# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date