Out-of-bounds Write Affecting c-ares-devel package, versions <0:1.13.0-6.el8_8.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-CARESDEVEL-6093641
  • published29 Nov 2023
  • disclosed22 May 2023

Introduced: 22 May 2023

CVE-2023-31130  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 c-ares-devel to version 0:1.13.0-6.el8_8.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:7543.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream c-ares-devel package and not the c-ares-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. ares_inet_net_pton() is vulnerable to a buffer underflow for certain ipv6 addresses, in particular "0::00:00:00/2" was found to cause an issue. C-ares only uses this function internally for configuration purposes which would require an administrator to configure such an address via ares_set_sortlist(). However, users may externally use ares_inet_net_pton() for other purposes and thus be vulnerable to more severe issues. This issue has been fixed in 1.19.1.

CVSS Scores

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