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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202012-11 |
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https://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Low |
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Title: c-ares: Denial of service |
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Date: December 23, 2020 |
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Bugs: #754939 |
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ID: 202012-11 |
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Synopsis |
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A Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in c-ares. |
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Background |
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c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-dns/c-ares < 1.17.1 >= 1.17.1 |
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Description |
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It was discovered that c-ares incorrectly handled certain DNS requests. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker, able to trigger a DNS request for a host of their |
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choice by an application linked against c-ares, could possibly cause a |
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Denial of Service condition. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All c-ares users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/c-ares-1.17.1" |
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References |
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========== |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-8277 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8277 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-11 |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |