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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-22217: Moderate: c-ares security update (CESA-2023:7207)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-22217: Moderate: c-ares security update (CESA-2023:7207)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/22/2023
Created
11/16/2023
Added
11/15/2023
Modified
11/15/2023

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)

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

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