ALSA-2023:7116

Source
https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-7116.html
Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:7116.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2023:7116
Related
Published
2023-11-14T00:00:00Z
Modified
2023-11-24T10:32:56Z
Summary
Moderate: 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: 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.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.13.0-8.el8

AlmaLinux:8 / c-ares-devel

Package

Name
c-ares-devel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.13.0-8.el8