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SUSE: CVE-2016-5180: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-5180: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/03/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/09/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ares_create_query function in c-ares 1.x before 1.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with an escaped trailing dot.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-c-ares-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libcares-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libcares2
  • suse-upgrade-libcares2-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-nodejs4
  • suse-upgrade-nodejs4-devel
  • suse-upgrade-nodejs4-docs
  • suse-upgrade-npm4

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2898-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:3286-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:3287-1
  • RHSA-2017:0002
  • DLA-648-1
  • DSA-3682
  • USN-3143-1
  • GLSA-201701-28
  • CVE-2016-5180
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