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HistorySep 18, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

c-ares vulnerability

2023-09-1800:00:00
ubuntu.com
32
ubuntu
c-ares
vulnerability
asynchronous
denial of service
soa
replies
crash

CVSS3

5.9

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

6.1

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

30.9%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Packages

  • c-ares - library for asynchronous name resolution

Details

It was discovered that c-ares incorrectly parsed certain SOA replies. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause c-res to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu20.04noarchlibc-ares2< 1.15.0-1ubuntu0.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu20.04noarchlibc-ares-dev< 1.15.0-1ubuntu0.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu20.04noarchlibc-ares2-dbgsym< 1.15.0-1ubuntu0.4UNKNOWN

CVSS3

5.9

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

6.1

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

30.9%