Moderate: c-ares security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-4904  

Synopsis

Moderate: c-ares security update

Type / Sévérité

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Sujet

An update for c-ares is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS (Domain Name System) requests and provides name resolving API.

Security Fix(es):

  • c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check (CVE-2022-4904)

For 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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Produits concernés

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.2 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.2 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.2 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.2 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.2 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.2 s390x

Correctifs

  • BZ - 2168631 - CVE-2022-4904 c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check