ALSA-2023:6635

Source
https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6635.html
Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:6635.json
Related
Published
2023-11-07T00:00:00Z
Modified
2023-11-14T12:05:49Z
Summary
Moderate: c-ares security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Details

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

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: c-ares (1.19.1). (BZ#2210370)

Security Fix(es):

  • c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check (CVE-2022-4904)
  • c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in aresinetnet_pton() (CVE-2023-31130)
  • c-ares: Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs (CVE-2023-31147)
  • c-ares: AutoTools does not set CARESRANDOMFILE during cross compilation (CVE-2023-31124)

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:9 / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0The exact introduced commit is unknown
Fixed
1.19.1-1.el9

AlmaLinux:9 / c-ares-devel

Package

Name
c-ares-devel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0The exact introduced commit is unknown
Fixed
1.19.1-1.el9