c-ares up to 1.26.x Null Character ares__read_line memory corruption

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in c-ares up to 1.26.x. Affected by this issue is the function ares__read_line of the component Null Character Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-25629. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in c-ares up to 1.26.x. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ares__read_line of the component Null Character Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was shared 02/23/2024. The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-25629 since 02/08/2024. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209781 (EulerOS Virtualization 2.12.0 : c-ares (EulerOS-SA-2024-2766)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.27.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209781). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Name

• c-ares

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/

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