GLSA 202310-09: c-ares: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	c-ares: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	10/08/2023
Bugs:	#906964
ID:	202310-09

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in c-ares the worst of which could result in Denial of Service.

Background

c-ares is a C library for asynchronous DNS requests (including name resolves).

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-dns/c-ares	< 1.19.1	>= 1.19.1	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in c-ares. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All c-ares users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/c-ares-1.19.1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202310-09.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.