AVG-37 log
| Package | c-ares |
| Status | Fixed |
| Severity | High |
| Type | arbitrary code execution |
| Affected | 1.11.0-1 |
| Fixed | 1.12.0-1 |
| Current | 1.28.1-1 [extra] |
| Ticket | None |
| Created | Thu Sep 29 13:27:14 2016 |
| Issue | Severity | Remote | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2016-5180 | High | Yes | Arbitrary code execution | When a string is passed in to ares_create_query or ares_mkquery and uses an escaped trailing dot, like "hello\.", c-ares calculates the string length wrong... |
| Date | Advisory | Package | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2016 | ASA-201609-31 | c-ares | arbitrary code execution |
| References |
|---|
https://c-ares.haxx.se/adv_20160929.html |