CLSA-2025-1757608893 c-ares: Fix of CVE-2016-5180

CVE-2016-5180: fix heap-based buffer overflow in the arescreatequery causing DoS...

SUSE CVE-2016-5180

Heap-based buffer overflow in the arescreatequery function in c-ares 1.x before 1.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds write or possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with an escaped trailing dot...

c-ares heap buffer overflow vulnerability

c-ares is a C library for asynchronous execution of DNS requests and name resolution. A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the 'arescreatequery' function in versions c-ares 1.0.0 through 1.11.0. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service write across...

PT-2016-6298

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions c-ares versions 1.x before 1.12.0 Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the ares create query function, which can be triggered by a remote attacker using a hostname with an escaped trailing dot. This can lead to a...