vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3143-1 (CVE-2016-5180): c-ares vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 3, 2016 | Nov 30, 2016 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 3, 2016
Added
Nov 30, 2016
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
Gzob Qq discovered that c-ares incorrectly handled certain hostnames. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using c-ares to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-libc-ares2
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