openSUSE Security Update: Security update for c-ares
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2020:2045-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1178882 
Cross-References:   CVE-2020-8277
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 15.1
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

   This update for c-ares fixes the following issues:

   - Version update to 1.17.0
     * CVE-2020-8277: Fixed a Denial of Service through DNS request
       (bsc#1178882)
     * For further details see https://c-ares.org/changelog.html

   This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE Leap 15.1:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-2045=1



Package List:

   - openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):

      c-ares-debugsource-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1
      c-ares-devel-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1
      c-ares-utils-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1
      c-ares-utils-debuginfo-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1
      libcares2-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1
      libcares2-debuginfo-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1

   - openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

      libcares2-32bit-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1
      libcares2-32bit-debuginfo-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8277.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178882
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openSUSE: 2020:2045-1 moderate: c-ares

November 26, 2020
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for c-ares fixes the following issues: - Version update to 1.17.0 * CVE-2020-8277: Fixed a Denial of Service through DNS request (bsc#1178882) * For further details see https://c-ares.org/changelog.html This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 15.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-2045=1


Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64): c-ares-debugsource-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1 c-ares-devel-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1 c-ares-utils-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1 c-ares-utils-debuginfo-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1 libcares2-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1 libcares2-debuginfo-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1 - openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64): libcares2-32bit-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1 libcares2-32bit-debuginfo-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8277.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178882 openSUSE Security Announce mailing list -- security-announce@lists.opensuse.org To unsubscribe, email security-announce-leave@lists.opensuse.org List Netiquette: https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mailing_list_netiquette List Archives: https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:2045-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1

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