USN-3143-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3143-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3143-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3143-1

Related

Published

2016-11-30T18:22:12.207221Z

Modified

2016-11-30T18:22:12.207221Z

Summary

c-ares vulnerability

Details

Gzob Qq discovered that c-ares incorrectly handled certain hostnames. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using c-ares to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / c-ares

Package

Name: c-ares
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/c-ares?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.10.0-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.10.0-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libc-ares-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libc-ares2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libc-ares2-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / c-ares

Package

Name: c-ares
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/c-ares?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.10.0-3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.10.0-2

1.10.0-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libc-ares-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libc-ares2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libc-ares2-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}