ALSA-2023:6635

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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. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: c-ares (1.19.1). (BZ#2210370) Security Fix(es): * c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check (CVE-2022-4904) * c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton() (CVE-2023-31130) * c-ares: Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs (CVE-2023-31147) * c-ares: AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation (CVE-2023-31124) 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. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6635, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4904, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31124, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31130, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31147, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2168631, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2209494, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2209497, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2209501, https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6635.html