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Low RLSA-2024:3842 1 CVE

Low: c-ares security update

Published May 7, 2025 · Updated Oct 7, 2025

Ecosystem: Rocky Linux

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* c-ares: Out of bounds read in ares__read_line() (CVE-2024-25629)

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.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 9 c-ares 0:1.19.1-2.el9_4

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.…

    c-ares c-ares nodejs nodejs18 Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine Wolfi

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265713