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Rocky Linux: CVE-2020-22217: c-ares (RLSA-2023-7207)

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Rocky Linux: CVE-2020-22217: c-ares (RLSA-2023-7207)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/22/2023
Created
03/07/2024
Added
03/05/2024
Modified
03/05/2024

Description

Buffer overflow vulnerability in c-ares before 1_16_1 thru 1_17_0 via function ares_parse_soa_reply in ares_parse_soa_reply.c.

Solution(s)

  • rocky-upgrade-c-ares
  • rocky-upgrade-c-ares-debuginfo
  • rocky-upgrade-c-ares-debugsource
  • rocky-upgrade-c-ares-devel

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