USN-6164-1

Hannes Moesl discovered that c-ares incorrectly handled certain ipv6 addresses. An attacker could use this issue to cause c-ares to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-31130)

Xiang Li discovered that c-ares incorrectly handled certain UDP packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause c-res to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-32067)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / c-ares

Package

Name: c-ares
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/c-ares@1.15.0-1ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.15.0-1ubuntu0.3

Affected versions

1.*

1.15.0-1build1

1.15.0-1ubuntu0.1

1.15.0-1ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.15.0-1ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "libc-ares-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.15.0-1ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "libc-ares2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.15.0-1ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "libc-ares2-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / c-ares

Package

Name: c-ares
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/c-ares@1.18.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.18.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.17.1-1ubuntu1

1.18.1-1

1.18.1-1build1

1.18.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.18.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libc-ares-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.18.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libc-ares2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.18.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libc-ares2-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}