ALPINE-CVE-2025-62408

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-62408
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2025-62408.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2025-62408
Upstream
Published
2025-12-08T22:15:52Z
Modified
2026-08-27T22:18:02Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. Versions 1.32.3 through 1.34.5 terminate a query after maximum attempts when using read_answer() and process_answer(), which can cause a Denial of Service. This issue is fixed in version 1.34.6.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.21 / c-ares

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
1.32.3
Fixed
1.34.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2025-62408.json"

Alpine:v3.22 / c-ares

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
1.32.3
Fixed
1.34.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2025-62408.json"

Alpine:v3.23 / c-ares

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
1.32.3
Fixed
1.34.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2025-62408.json"

Alpine:v3.24 / c-ares

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
1.32.3
Fixed
1.34.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2025-62408.json"