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Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-4249-03
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-4249-03 - An update for c-ares is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Issues addressed include an out of bounds read vulnerability.
The following advisory data is extracted from:https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_4249.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023. Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness. It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis: Low: c-ares security updateAdvisory ID: RHSA-2024:4249-03Product: Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4249Issue date: 2024-07-02Revision: 03CVE Names: CVE-2024-25629====================================================================Summary: An update for c-ares is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact ofLow. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVElink(s) in the References section.Description:The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS (Domain Name System) requests andprovides name resolving API.Security Fix(es):* c-ares: Out of bounds read in ares__read_line() (CVE-2024-25629)For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSSscore, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2024-25629References:https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#lowhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265713
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