AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: c-ares / c-ares-devel Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2025:1744721593)

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2025:1744721593 advisory. - c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. When cross-compiling c-ares and using the autotools build system, CARESRANDOMFILE will...

Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: c-ares / c-ares-debuginfo / c-ares-debugsource / c-ares-devel (crlsa-2024_4249)

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-20244249 advisory. c-ares: Out of bounds read in aresreadline CVE-2024-25629 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory. Note that...

Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: c-ares / c-ares-debuginfo / c-ares-debugsource / c-ares-devel (crlsa-2024_3842)

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-20243842 advisory. c-ares: Out of bounds read in aresreadline CVE-2024-25629 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory. Note that...

c-ares: Out of bounds read in ares__read_line()

A vulnerability was found in c-ares where the aresreadline is used to parse local configuration files such as /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/nsswitch.conf, the HOSTALIASES file, and if using a c-ares version prior to 1.22.0, the /etc/hosts file. If the configuration files have an embedded NULL character ...

c-ares security update

1.19.1-2 - Resolves: RHEL-26529 - Out of bounds read in aresreadline rhel-9...

c-ares: Out of bounds read in ares__read_line()

A vulnerability was found in c-ares where the aresreadline is used to parse local configuration files such as /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/nsswitch.conf, the HOSTALIASES file, and if using a c-ares version prior to 1.22.0, the /etc/hosts file. If the configuration files have an embedded NULL character ...

The vulnerability of the ares__read_line function in the C-ares asynchronous DNS request library allows a attacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the aresreadline function in the asynchronous DNS request library C-ares is related to the operation leaving the buffer boundaries into memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

CVE-2024-25629: Buffer Under-read

c-ares is a C library for asynchronous DNS requests. aresreadline is used to parse local configuration files such as /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/nsswitch.conf, the HOSTALIASES file, and if using a c-ares version prior to 1.27.0, the /etc/hosts file. If any of these configuration files has an embedded...