Medium: c-ares

Issue Overview:

The c-ares function ares_parse_naptr_reply(), which is used for parsing NAPTR responses, could be triggered to read memory outside of the given input buffer if the passed in DNS response packet was crafted in a particular way. ( CVE-2017-1000381 )

Affected Packages:

c-ares

Issue Correction:
Run yum update c-ares to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    c-ares-devel-1.13.0-1.5.amzn1.i686  
    c-ares-debuginfo-1.13.0-1.5.amzn1.i686  
    c-ares-1.13.0-1.5.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    c-ares-1.13.0-1.5.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    c-ares-devel-1.13.0-1.5.amzn1.x86_64  
    c-ares-1.13.0-1.5.amzn1.x86_64  
    c-ares-debuginfo-1.13.0-1.5.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2017-1000381

Mitre: CVE-2017-1000381