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Ubuntu 22.10: 5907-1 Serious Risk of c-ares Denial Of Service Attack

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Calendar Grey March 2, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ensure your Ubuntu installation is updated to mitigate the c-ares vulnerability, which could lead to system crashes or unauthorized code execution upon receiving specially designed input.
c-ares could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted input.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service software update ubuntu attack risk input processing c-ares

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.10: libc-ares2 1.18.1-1ubuntu0.22.10.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: libc-ares2 1.18.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libc-ares2 1.15.0-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libc-ares2 1.14.0-1ubuntu0.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5907-1

CVE-2022-4904

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March 02, 2023

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security advisory denial of service software update ubuntu attack risk input processing c-ares

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/c-ares/1.18.1-1ubuntu0.22.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/c-ares/1.18.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/c-ares/1.15.0-1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/c-ares/1.14.0-1ubuntu0.2

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