CVE-2024-25629
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2024-02-23 | |
| Impact: | Low | What is this? |
Description
c-ares is a C library for asynchronous DNS requests. `ares__read_line()` is used to parse local configuration files such as `/etc/resolv.conf`, `/etc/nsswitch.conf`, the `HOSTALIASES` file, and if using a c-ares version prior to 1.27.0, the `/etc/hosts` file. If any of these configuration files has an embedded `NULL` character as the first character in a new line, it can lead to attempting to read memory prior to the start of the given buffer which may result in a crash. This issue is fixed in c-ares 1.27.0. No known workarounds exist.
See more information about CVE-2024-25629 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.4 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | High |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (c-ares) | ELSA-2024-4249 | 2024-07-02 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs) | ELSA-2024-2778 | 2024-05-09 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs) | ELSA-2024-2780 | 2024-05-10 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-nodemon) | ELSA-2024-2778 | 2024-05-09 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-nodemon) | ELSA-2024-2780 | 2024-05-10 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-packaging) | ELSA-2024-2778 | 2024-05-09 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-packaging) | ELSA-2024-2780 | 2024-05-10 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (c-ares) | ELSA-2024-3842 | 2024-06-11 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs) | ELSA-2024-2779 | 2024-05-14 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs) | ELSA-2024-2853 | 2024-05-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs) | ELSA-2024-2910 | 2024-05-22 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs-nodemon) | ELSA-2024-2779 | 2024-05-14 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs-nodemon) | ELSA-2024-2853 | 2024-05-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs-packaging) | ELSA-2024-2779 | 2024-05-14 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs-packaging) | ELSA-2024-2853 | 2024-05-16 |
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