{"id":"ALSA-2023:6635","summary":"Moderate: c-ares security, bug fix, and enhancement update","details":"The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS (Domain Name System) requests and provides name resolving API.\n\nThe following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: c-ares (1.19.1). (BZ#2210370)\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check (CVE-2022-4904)\n* c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton() (CVE-2023-31130)\n* c-ares: Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs (CVE-2023-31147)\n* c-ares: AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation (CVE-2023-31124)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-02-04T03:02:43.754487Z","published":"2023-11-07T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2022-4904","CVE-2023-31124","CVE-2023-31130","CVE-2023-31147"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6635"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4904"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31124"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31130"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31147"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2168631"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2209494"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2209497"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2209501"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6635.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"c-ares","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/c-ares"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.19.1-1.el9"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:6635.json"}},{"package":{"name":"c-ares-devel","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/c-ares-devel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.19.1-1.el9"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:6635.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}