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alsa-2024:4249

Vulnerability from osv_almalinux

Published

2024-07-02 00:00

Modified

2024-07-03 15:15

Summary

Low: c-ares security update

Details

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

Security Fix(es):

c-ares: Out of bounds read in ares__read_line() (CVE-2024-25629)

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.

References

URL

Type

	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4249	ADVISORY
	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-25629	REPORT
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2265713	REPORT
	https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-4249.html	ADVISORY

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  "id": "ALSA-2024:4249",
  "modified": "2024-07-03T15:15:20Z",
  "published": "2024-07-02T00:00:00Z",
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  "summary": "Low: c-ares security update"
}

CVE-2024-25629 (GCVE-0-2024-25629)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-23 14:52 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:40

Title

c-ares out of bounds read in ares__read_line()

Summary

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 ?

4.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-127 - Buffer Under-read

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/security/advisor…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/commit/a804c04dd…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	c-ares	c-ares	Affected: < 1.27.0

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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