{"id":"ALSA-2023:7116","summary":"Moderate: c-ares security update","details":"The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS (Domain Name System) requests and provides name resolving API.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check (CVE-2022-4904)\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":"2026-02-04T03:40:51.039913Z","published":"2023-11-14T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2022-4904"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7116"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4904"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2168631"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-7116.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"c-ares","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/c-ares"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.13.0-8.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:7116.json"}},{"package":{"name":"c-ares-devel","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/c-ares-devel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.13.0-8.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:7116.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}