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HistoryNov 02, 2023 - 3:39 p.m.

(RHSA-2023:6291) Moderate: c-ares security update

2023-11-0215:39:01
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c-ares c library
buffer overflow
security update
dns requests

7.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.2%

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.