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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31130

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31130 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.400000095367432 MEDIUM

c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. ares_inet_net_pton() is vulnerable to a buffer underflow for certain ipv6 addresses, in particular "0::00:00:00/2" was found to cause an issue. C-ares only uses this function internally for configuration purposes which would require an administrator to configure such an address via ares_set_sortlist(). However, users may externally use ares_inet_net_pton() for other purposes and thus be vulnerable to more severe issues. This issue has been fixed in 1.19.1.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
6.400000095367432
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12c-ares0, 0, 0
Debian:14c-ares0, 0, 0
Debian:11c-ares1.17.1-1+deb11u1, 1.17.1-1+deb11u2, 1.17.1-1
Debian:13c-ares0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • May 25, 2023 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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