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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2738-1 c-ares -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

10 Aug 2021

Affected Packages:

c-ares

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-3672.

More information:

An issue has been found in c-ares, an asynchronous name resolver. Missing input validation of host names returned by Domain Name Servers can lead to output of wrong hostnames.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.12.0-1+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your c-ares packages.

For the detailed security status of c-ares please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/c-ares

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