alsa-2023:6635
Vulnerability from osv_almalinux
Published
2023-11-07 00:00
Modified
2023-11-14 12:05
Summary
Moderate: c-ares security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Details

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

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: c-ares (1.19.1). (BZ#2210370)

Security Fix(es):

  • c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check (CVE-2022-4904)
  • c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton() (CVE-2023-31130)
  • c-ares: Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs (CVE-2023-31147)
  • c-ares: AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation (CVE-2023-31124)

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.

References
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        "name": "c-ares"
      },
      "ranges": [
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        }
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  "details": "The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS (Domain Name System) requests and provides name resolving API.\n\nThe following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: c-ares (1.19.1). (BZ#2210370)\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check (CVE-2022-4904)\n* c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton() (CVE-2023-31130)\n* c-ares: Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs (CVE-2023-31147)\n* c-ares: AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation (CVE-2023-31124)\n\nFor 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.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.",
  "id": "ALSA-2023:6635",
  "modified": "2023-11-14T12:05:49Z",
  "published": "2023-11-07T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6635"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4904"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31124"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31130"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31147"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2168631"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2209494"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2209497"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2209501"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6635.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "CVE-2022-4904",
    "CVE-2023-31130",
    "CVE-2023-31147",
    "CVE-2023-31124"
  ],
  "summary": "Moderate: c-ares security, bug fix, and enhancement update"
}


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