RHSA-2023:6291 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: c-ares security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 3, 2023
Updated · June 28, 2026
Topic
An update for c-ares is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS (Domain Name System) requests and provides name resolving API.
Security Fix(es):
- c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check (CVE-2022-4904)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.