RHSA-2024:3842 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: c-ares security update
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · June 12, 2024
Updated · June 25, 2026
Topic
An update for c-ares is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. 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: Out of bounds read in ares__read_line() (CVE-2024-25629)
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.