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%
New c-ares packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
patches/packages/c-ares-1.19.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes bugs and security issues:
0-byte UDP payload causes Denial of Service.
Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs.
Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton().
AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2023-32067
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2023-31147
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2023-31130
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2023-31124
(* Security fix *)
Where to find the new packages:
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the “Get Slack” section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/c-ares-1.19.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/c-ares-1.19.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/c-ares-1.19.1-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/c-ares-1.19.1-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
Slackware 15.0 package:
7e5363abc94f1d4a507055b3dd51e76b c-ares-1.19.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
010557e82678ad022f7f6e7147856c19 c-ares-1.19.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
618f32c0a74a4336f4427bdcb02521a3 n/c-ares-1.19.1-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
c3b2b4a3400f24104ca99a7258a594d4 n/c-ares-1.19.1-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg c-ares-1.19.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slackware | 15.0 | i586 | c-ares | < 1.19.1 | c-ares-1.19.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz |
Slackware | 15.0 | x86_64 | c-ares | < 1.19.1 | c-ares-1.19.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz |
Slackware | current | i586 | c-ares | < 1.19.1 | c-ares-1.19.1-i586-1.txz |
Slackware | current | x86_64 | c-ares | < 1.19.1 | c-ares-1.19.1-x86_64-1.txz |
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%