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. https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/commit/a804c04ddc8245fc8adf0e92368709639125e183 https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/security/advisories/GHSA-mg26-v6qh-x48q
Created c-ares tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 2265714]
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2024:2779 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2779
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2024:2778 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2778
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2024:2780 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2780
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2024:2853 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2853
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2024:2910 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2910
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2024:3842 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3842
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2024:4249 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4249
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Via RHSA-2024:4559 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4559
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions Via RHSA-2024:4721 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4721