Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-25629: c-ares is a C library for asynchronous DNS requests. `ares__read_line()` is used to parse local configuration files such as `/etc/resolv.conf`, `/etc/nsswitch.conf`, the `HOSTALIASES` file, and if using a c-ares version prior to 1.27.0, the `/etc/hosts` file. If any of these configuration files has an embedded `NULL` character as the first character in a new line, it can lead to attempting to read memory prior to the start of the given buffer which may result in a crash. This issue is fixed in c-ares 1.27.0. No known workarounds exist.
Fixed packages 10
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | nodejs20 | 1:20.11.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | nodejs20-debuginfo | 1:20.11.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | nodejs20-debugsource | 1:20.11.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | nodejs20-devel | 1:20.11.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | nodejs20-docs | 1:20.11.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | nodejs20-full-i18n | 1:20.11.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | nodejs20-libs | 1:20.11.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | nodejs20-libs-debuginfo | 1:20.11.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | nodejs20-npm | 1:10.2.4-1.20.11.1.1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | v8-11.3-devel | 3:11.3.244.8-1.20.11.1.1.amzn2023.0.2 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 4.4
c-ares out of bounds read in ares__read_line()
c-ares is a C library for asynchronous DNS requests. `ares__read_line()` is used to parse local configuration files such as `/etc/resolv.conf`, `/etc/nsswitch.conf`, the `HOSTALIASES` file, and if using a c-ares version prior to 1.27.0, the `/etc/hosts` file.…
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-25629.html