Insecure Randomness Affecting c-ares package, versions [,1.91.1)


0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.05% (13th percentile)
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Red Hat
3.7 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-CARES-5597777
  • published 24 May 2023
  • disclosed 22 May 2023
  • credit David Gstir, Hannes Moesl

How to fix?

Upgrade c-ares to version 1.91.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Randomness such that AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation.