cve-2023-31124
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-05-25 21:09
Modified
2024-08-02 14:45
Severity ?
3.7 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/tag/cares-1_19_1Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/security/advisories/GHSA-54xr-f67r-4pc4Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B5Z5XFNXTNPTCBBVXFDNZQVLLIE6VRBY/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UBFWILTA33LOSV23P44FGTQQIDRJHIY7/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-09Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
c-aresc-ares
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