5.6 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
52.1%
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in c-ares library, where a missing input validation check of host names returned by DNS (Domain Name Servers) can lead to output of wrong hostnames which might potentially lead to Domain Hijacking. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-3672)
Affected Packages:
c-ares
Issue Correction:
Run yum update c-ares to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
c-ares-debuginfo-1.17.2-1.8.amzn1.i686
c-ares-devel-1.17.2-1.8.amzn1.i686
c-ares-1.17.2-1.8.amzn1.i686
src:
c-ares-1.17.2-1.8.amzn1.src
x86_64:
c-ares-devel-1.17.2-1.8.amzn1.x86_64
c-ares-1.17.2-1.8.amzn1.x86_64
c-ares-debuginfo-1.17.2-1.8.amzn1.x86_64
Red Hat: CVE-2021-3672
Mitre: CVE-2021-3672
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | c-ares-debuginfo | < 1.17.2-1.8.amzn1 | c-ares-debuginfo-1.17.2-1.8.amzn1.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | c-ares-devel | < 1.17.2-1.8.amzn1 | c-ares-devel-1.17.2-1.8.amzn1.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | c-ares | < 1.17.2-1.8.amzn1 | c-ares-1.17.2-1.8.amzn1.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | c-ares-devel | < 1.17.2-1.8.amzn1 | c-ares-devel-1.17.2-1.8.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | c-ares | < 1.17.2-1.8.amzn1 | c-ares-1.17.2-1.8.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | c-ares-debuginfo | < 1.17.2-1.8.amzn1 | c-ares-debuginfo-1.17.2-1.8.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
5.6 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
52.1%