cve-2024-25629
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-02-23 14:52
Modified
2024-08-01 23:44
Severity ?
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
c-ares out of bounds read in ares__read_line()
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/commit/a804c04ddc8245fc8adf0e92368709639125e183
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/security/advisories/GHSA-mg26-v6qh-x48q
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2P76QYINQNPEHUTEEDOUYIRZ2X6UVZ5K/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CSCMTSPDIE2UHU34TIXQQHZ6JTE3Y3VF/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GX37LFPFQ3T6FFMMFYQTEGIQXXN7F27U/
Impacted products
c-aresc-ares
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