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Fedora 25: c-ares Update for CVE-2016-5180 Critical Buffer Issue

Security fix for CVE-2016-5180. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-e523c37b4d 2016-10-09 02:40:57.473696 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : c-ares Product : Fedora 25 Version : 1.12.0 Release : 1.fc25 URL : https://c-ares.org/ Summary : A library that performs asynchronous DNS operations Description : c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolves asynchronously. c-ares is a fork of the library named 'ares', written by Greg Hudson at MIT. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Security fix for CVE-2016-5180 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1380463 - CVE-2016-5180 c-ares: Single byte out of buffer write https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380463 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update c-ares' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Enhancement in c-ares for Fedora 25 tackles vulnerability CVE-2016-5180, bolstering security in DNS procedures with a corrective measure.. c-ares Security Update,Fedora Package Advisory,DNS Buffer Fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Oct 09, 2016 •Critical Fedora