RLSA-2022:2043

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    RLSA-2022:2043

    Published: 10 May 2022Last Modified: 5 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-3672

    Summary: Moderate: c-ares security update

    Details: The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS (Domain Name System) requests and provides name resolving API. Security Fix(es): * c-ares: Missing input validation of host names may lead to domain hijacking (CVE-2021-3672) 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 Rocky Linux 8.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:2043, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1988342

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: c-ares

    Purl: pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/c-ares?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0:1.13.0-6.el8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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