ALPINE-CVE-2025-62408

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-62408
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2025-62408.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2025-62408
Upstream
Published
2025-12-08T22:15:52.620Z
Modified
2025-12-13T13:29:56.931094Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. Versions 1.32.3 through 1.34.5 terminate a query after maximum attempts when using readanswer() and processanswer(), which can cause a Denial of Service. This issue is fixed in version 1.34.6.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.21 / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/c-ares?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.34.6-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.0-r0
1.6.0-r1
1.7.0-r0
1.7.0-r1
1.7.3-r0
1.7.4-r0
1.7.4-r1
1.7.4-r2
1.7.5-r0
1.8.0-r0
1.9.0-r0
1.9.1-r0
1.10.0-r0
1.10.0-r1
1.11.0-r0
1.12.0-r0
1.13.0-r0
1.13.0-r1
1.14.0-r0
1.15.0-r0
1.15.0-r1
1.16.0-r0
1.16.1-r0
1.17.1-r0
1.17.1-r1
1.17.2-r0
1.18.1-r0
1.18.1-r1
1.19.0-r0
1.19.0-r1
1.19.0-r2
1.19.0-r3
1.19.0-r4
1.19.1-r0
1.19.1-r1
1.20.1-r0
1.21.0-r0
1.22.0-r0
1.22.1-r0
1.23.0-r0
1.24.0-r0
1.25.0-r0
1.25.0-r1
1.26.0-r0
1.27.0-r0
1.28.1-r0
1.29.0-r0
1.31.0-r0
1.32.0-r0
1.32.1-r0
1.32.2-r0
1.32.3-r0
1.33.0-r0
1.33.1-r0
1.34.1-r0
1.34.2-r0
1.34.2-r1
1.34.2-r2
1.34.3-r0
1.34.4-r0
1.34.5-r0

Alpine:v3.22 / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/c-ares?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.34.6-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.0-r0
1.6.0-r1
1.7.0-r0
1.7.0-r1
1.7.3-r0
1.7.4-r0
1.7.4-r1
1.7.4-r2
1.7.5-r0
1.8.0-r0
1.9.0-r0
1.9.1-r0
1.10.0-r0
1.10.0-r1
1.11.0-r0
1.12.0-r0
1.13.0-r0
1.13.0-r1
1.14.0-r0
1.15.0-r0
1.15.0-r1
1.16.0-r0
1.16.1-r0
1.17.1-r0
1.17.1-r1
1.17.2-r0
1.18.1-r0
1.18.1-r1
1.19.0-r0
1.19.0-r1
1.19.0-r2
1.19.0-r3
1.19.0-r4
1.19.1-r0
1.19.1-r1
1.20.1-r0
1.21.0-r0
1.22.0-r0
1.22.1-r0
1.23.0-r0
1.24.0-r0
1.25.0-r0
1.25.0-r1
1.26.0-r0
1.27.0-r0
1.28.1-r0
1.29.0-r0
1.31.0-r0
1.32.0-r0
1.32.1-r0
1.32.2-r0
1.32.3-r0
1.33.0-r0
1.33.1-r0
1.34.1-r0
1.34.2-r0
1.34.2-r1
1.34.2-r2
1.34.3-r0
1.34.4-r0
1.34.5-r0

Alpine:v3.23 / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/c-ares?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.34.6-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.0-r0
1.6.0-r1
1.7.0-r0
1.7.0-r1
1.7.3-r0
1.7.4-r0
1.7.4-r1
1.7.4-r2
1.7.5-r0
1.8.0-r0
1.9.0-r0
1.9.1-r0
1.10.0-r0
1.10.0-r1
1.11.0-r0
1.12.0-r0
1.13.0-r0
1.13.0-r1
1.14.0-r0
1.15.0-r0
1.15.0-r1
1.16.0-r0
1.16.1-r0
1.17.1-r0
1.17.1-r1
1.17.2-r0
1.18.1-r0
1.18.1-r1
1.19.0-r0
1.19.0-r1
1.19.0-r2
1.19.0-r3
1.19.0-r4
1.19.1-r0
1.19.1-r1
1.20.1-r0
1.21.0-r0
1.22.0-r0
1.22.1-r0
1.23.0-r0
1.24.0-r0
1.25.0-r0
1.25.0-r1
1.26.0-r0
1.27.0-r0
1.28.1-r0
1.29.0-r0
1.31.0-r0
1.32.0-r0
1.32.1-r0
1.32.2-r0
1.32.3-r0
1.33.0-r0
1.33.1-r0
1.34.1-r0
1.34.2-r0
1.34.2-r1
1.34.2-r2
1.34.3-r0
1.34.4-r0
1.34.5-r0