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Low ELSA-2024-4249 1 CVE

Low: c-ares security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Jul 2, 2024 · Updated Jul 2, 2024

Ecosystem: Oracle Linux

Summary

[1.13.0-11]
- Resolves: RHEL-26525 - c-ares: Out of bounds read in ares__read_line() [rhel-8]

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 c-ares 0:1.13.0-11.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 c-ares-devel 0:1.13.0-11.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 4.4
    CVE-2024-25629

    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.…

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