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HistoryOct 08, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

c-ares: Multiple Vulnerabilities

2023-10-0800:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
13
c-ares
c library
asynchronous
dns
vulnerabilities
cve
upgrade
net-dns

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.4 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

34.6%

Background

c-ares is a C library for asynchronous DNS requests (including name resolves).

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in c-ares. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All c-ares users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/c-ares-1.19.1"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallnet-dns/c-ares< 1.19.1UNKNOWN

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.4 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

34.6%