c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. When cross-compiling c-ares and using the autotools build system, CARES_RANDOM_FILE will not be set, as seen when cross compiling aarch64 android. This will downgrade to using rand() as a fallback which could allow an attacker to take advantage of the lack of entropy by not using a CSPRNG. This issue was patched in version 1.19.1.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 3.7
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade nodejs-docsUpgrade nodejs-nodemonUpgrade nodejsUpgrade nodejs-libsUpgrade nodejs-full-i18nUpgrade npmUpgrade c-ares-develUpgrade nodejs-develUpgrade nodejs-packagingUpgrade nodejs-packaging-bundlerUpgrade c-ares | Jun 27, 2023 | May 25, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade c-ares-debuginfoUpgrade ecs-service-connect-agentUpgrade c-ares-develUpgrade c-ares | Sep 28, 2023 | May 25, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade c-aresUpgrade c-ares-develUpgrade c-ares-debuginfoUpgrade ecs-service-connect-agentUpgrade c-ares-debugsource | Feb 17, 2025 | May 22, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade c-aresUpgrade npmUpgrade nodejs-packaging-bundlerUpgrade nodejs-debugsourceUpgrade nodejs-docsUpgrade nodejs-packagingUpgrade nodejs-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs-libs-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs-nodemonUpgrade nodejs-develUpgrade nodejs-full-i18nUpgrade nodejsUpgrade nodejs-libsUpgrade c-ares-develUpgrade c-ares-debuginfoUpgrade c-ares-debugsource | Jun 15, 2023 | May 25, 2023 |
| Debian | — | No solution existsUpgrade c-ares | May 15, 2025 | May 25, 2023 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-dns/c-ares. | Oct 10, 2023 | May 25, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade c-ares | Jan 10, 2024 | May 25, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade c-ares | Jan 10, 2024 | May 25, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade c-ares-develUpgrade c-ares | Jan 10, 2024 | May 25, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade c-ares | Aug 9, 2023 | May 25, 2023 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade nodejs-docsUpgrade nodejs-packaging-bundlerUpgrade nodejsUpgrade nodejs-develUpgrade nodejs-libsUpgrade nodejs-packagingUpgrade c-aresUpgrade npmUpgrade nodejs-full-i18nUpgrade nodejs-nodemonUpgrade c-ares-devel | Jun 15, 2023 | May 22, 2023 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade nodejs-nodemonUpgrade c-aresUpgrade nodejs-debugsourceUpgrade nodejs-full-i18nUpgrade nodejs-docsUpgrade nodejs-debuginfoUpgrade npmUpgrade c-ares-develUpgrade c-ares-debugsourceUpgrade nodejs-packaging-bundlerUpgrade nodejs-develUpgrade nodejs-libs-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs-packagingUpgrade c-ares-debuginfoUpgrade nodejsNo solution existsUpgrade nodejs-libs | Jun 15, 2023 | May 25, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade nodejs-develUpgrade nodejs-debugsourceUpgrade npmUpgrade nodejs-full-i18nUpgrade nodejs-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs | Mar 5, 2024 | May 25, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade c-ares-develUpgrade corepack18Upgrade libcares2-32bitUpgrade npm16Upgrade nodejs16-docsUpgrade libcares2Upgrade nodejs16-develUpgrade corepack16Upgrade nodejs18Upgrade libcares-develUpgrade nodejs18-docsUpgrade nodejs18-develUpgrade npm18Upgrade c-ares-utilsUpgrade nodejs16 | May 31, 2023 | May 25, 2023 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | May 25, 2023 |
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