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Mageia 8: MGASA-2021-0453 Moderate: c-ares Input Validation Issue

mageia
Calendar Grey October 2, 2021
Dist Mageia Esm H88
MGASA-2021-0454 enhances c-ares packages to correct a vulnerability due to inadequate validation for returned IP addresses.
Missing input validation on hostnames returned by DNS servers

Summary

Missing input validation on hostnames returned by DNS servers. (CVE-2021-3672)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29350

- https://c-ares.org/adv_20210810.html

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2021/msg00137.html

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5034-1

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- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/KPERAVSVZ542L4S6OA2QPUXNAJ4F2M5X/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3672

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update input validation dns c-ares mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/c-ares-1.17.1-1.1.mga8

Publication date: 02 Oct 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0453.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-3672

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update input validation dns c-ares mageia

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