Moderate: c-ares security update

The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS Domain Name System requests and provides name resolving API. Security Fixes: c-ares: Heap buffer over read in aresparsesoareply CVE-2020-22217 c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in aresinetnetpton CVE-2023-31130 For more details about the security issues,...

CentOS 8 : c-ares (CESA-2023:7116)

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2023:7116 advisory. - A flaw was found in the c-ares package. The aressetsortlist is missing checks about the validity of the input string, which allows a possible arbitrary length...

RHEL 8 : c-ares (RHSA-2023:7207)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7207 advisory. The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS Domain Name System requests and provides name resolving API. Security Fixes: c-ares: Heap buff...

ALSA-2023:7207 Moderate: c-ares security update

The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS Domain Name System requests and provides name resolving API. Security Fixes: c-ares: Heap buffer over read in aresparsesoareply CVE-2020-22217 c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in aresinetnetpton CVE-2023-31130 For more details about the security issues,...

c-ares security, bug fix, and enhancement update

1.19.1-1 - Resolves: rhbz2209564 - CVE-2023-31124 c-ares: AutoTools does not set CARESRANDOMFILE during cross compilation rhel-9 - Resolves: rhbz2209556 - CVE-2023-31130 c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in aresinetnetpton rhel-9 - Resolves: rhbz2209550 - CVE-2023-31147 c-ares: Insufficient randomness in...

SideCopy Leverages Multi-platform RAT, Assaults Indian Government Entities

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A threat actor linked to Pakistan named SideCopy is capitalizing on WinRARs CVE-2023-38831 vulnerability to target Indian government agencies. This security vulnerability facilitates distribution of...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for c-ares (EulerOS-SA-2023-3115)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 : c-ares Vulnerability (NS-SA-2023-0136)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.06, has c-ares packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability: - c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. c-ares is vulnerable to denial of service. If a target resolver sends a query, the attacker forges a malformed UDP packet wit...

SideCopy Exploiting WinRAR Flaw in Attacks Targeting Indian Government Entities

The Pakistan-linked threat actor known as SideCopy has been observed leveraging the recent WinRAR security vulnerability in its attacks targeting Indian government entities to deliver various remote access trojans such as AllaKore RAT, Ares RAT, and DRat. Enterprise security firm SEQRITE describe...

c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check

A flaw was found in the c-ares package. The aressetsortlist is missing checks about the validity of the input string, which allows a possible arbitrary length stack overflow. This issue may cause a denial of service or a limited impact on confidentiality and integrity...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: c-ares security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for c-ares is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

c-ares: AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation

A flaw was found in c-ares. This issue occurs when cross-compiling c-ares and using the autotools build system, CARESRANDOMFILE will not be set, as seen when cross-compiling aarch64 android. As a result, it will downgrade to rand, which could allow an attacker to utilize the lack of entropy by no...

c-ares: Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs

A vulnerability was found in c-ares. This issue occurs when /dev/urandom or RtlGenRandom are unavailable, c-ares will use rand to generate random numbers used for DNS query ids. This is not a CSPRNG, and it is also not seeded by srand, so it will generate predictable output...

c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton()

A vulnerability was found in c-ares. This issue occurs in the aresinetnetpton function, which is vulnerable to a buffer underflow for certain ipv6 addresses. "0::00:00:00/2" in particular was found to cause an issue. C-ares only uses this function internally for configuration purposes, which woul...

RHEL 9 : c-ares (RHSA-2023:6635)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6635 advisory. The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS Domain Name System requests and provides name resolving API. The following packages have been...

ALSA-2023:6635 Moderate: c-ares security, bug fix, and enhancement update

The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS Domain Name System requests and provides name resolving API. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: c-ares 1.19.1. BZ2210370 Security Fixes: c-ares: buffer overflow in configsortlist due to missing string length check...

Moderate: c-ares security, bug fix, and enhancement update

The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS Domain Name System requests and provides name resolving API. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: c-ares 1.19.1. BZ2210370 Security Fixes: c-ares: buffer overflow in configsortlist due to missing string length check...

Rocky Linux 8 : nodejs:16 (RLSA-2023:4034)

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2023:4034 advisory. - c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. When cross-compiling c-ares and using the autotools build system, CARESRANDOMFILE will not be set, as seen...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: c-ares security update

An update for c-ares is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check

A flaw was found in the c-ares package. The aressetsortlist is missing checks about the validity of the input string, which allows a possible arbitrary length stack overflow. This issue may cause a denial of service or a limited impact on confidentiality and integrity...