USN-6164-1: c-ares vulnerabilities
14 June 2023
Several security issues were fixed in c-ares.
Releases
Packages
- c-ares - library for asynchronous name resolution
Details
Hannes Moesl discovered that c-ares incorrectly handled certain ipv6
addresses. An attacker could use this issue to cause c-ares to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2023-31130)
Xiang Li discovered that c-ares incorrectly handled certain UDP packets. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause c-res to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-32067)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 23.04
Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.