CVE-2016-5180

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5180
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5180.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5180
Related
Published
2016-10-03T15:59:03Z
Modified
2025-02-19T02:16:44.481917Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in the arescreatequery function in c-ares 1.x before 1.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with an escaped trailing dot.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.2 / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/c-ares?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.12.0-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.0-r0
1.6.0-r1
1.7.0-r0
1.7.0-r1
1.7.3-r0
1.7.4-r0
1.7.4-r1
1.7.4-r2
1.7.5-r0
1.8.0-r0
1.9.0-r0
1.9.1-r0
1.10.0-r0
1.10.0-r1

Alpine:v3.3 / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/c-ares?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.12.0-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.0-r0
1.6.0-r1
1.7.0-r0
1.7.0-r1
1.7.3-r0
1.7.4-r0
1.7.4-r1
1.7.4-r2
1.7.5-r0
1.8.0-r0
1.9.0-r0
1.9.1-r0
1.10.0-r0
1.10.0-r1

Alpine:v3.4 / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/c-ares?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.12.0-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.0-r0
1.6.0-r1
1.7.0-r0
1.7.0-r1
1.7.3-r0
1.7.4-r0
1.7.4-r1
1.7.4-r2
1.7.5-r0
1.8.0-r0
1.9.0-r0
1.9.1-r0
1.10.0-r0
1.10.0-r1
1.11.0-r0

Alpine:v3.5 / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/c-ares?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.12.0-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.0-r0
1.6.0-r1
1.7.0-r0
1.7.0-r1
1.7.3-r0
1.7.4-r0
1.7.4-r1
1.7.4-r2
1.7.5-r0
1.8.0-r0
1.9.0-r0
1.9.1-r0
1.10.0-r0
1.10.0-r1
1.11.0-r0

Alpine:v3.6 / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/c-ares?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.12.0-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.0-r0
1.6.0-r1
1.7.0-r0
1.7.0-r1
1.7.3-r0
1.7.4-r0
1.7.4-r1
1.7.4-r2
1.7.5-r0
1.8.0-r0
1.9.0-r0
1.9.1-r0
1.10.0-r0
1.10.0-r1
1.11.0-r0

Alpine:v3.6 / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/nodejs?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.8.0-r0

Affected versions

4.*

4.4.3-r0
4.4.4-r0
4.4.5-r0
4.4.7-r0
4.5.0-r0

Debian:11 / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/c-ares?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.12.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:12 / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/c-ares?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.12.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:13 / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/c-ares?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.12.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Git / github.com/nodejs/node

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/nodejs/node
Events
Introduced
163ca274230fce536afe76c64676c332693ad7c1
Fixed
262dd62a9248d7021966a9d00cd6632ea1f087bc

Affected versions

v0.*

v0.10.0
v0.10.1
v0.10.10
v0.10.11
v0.10.12
v0.10.13
v0.10.14
v0.10.15
v0.10.16
v0.10.17
v0.10.18
v0.10.19
v0.10.2
v0.10.20
v0.10.21
v0.10.22
v0.10.23
v0.10.24
v0.10.25
v0.10.26
v0.10.27
v0.10.28
v0.10.29
v0.10.3
v0.10.30
v0.10.31
v0.10.32
v0.10.33
v0.10.34
v0.10.35
v0.10.36
v0.10.37
v0.10.38
v0.10.39
v0.10.4
v0.10.40
v0.10.41
v0.10.42
v0.10.43
v0.10.44
v0.10.45
v0.10.46
v0.10.47
v0.10.5
v0.10.6
v0.10.7
v0.10.8
v0.10.9