DEBIAN-CVE-2025-62408

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-62408
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-62408.json
JSON Data
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Upstream
Published
2025-12-08T22:15:52.620Z
Modified
2025-12-11T16:15:30.094870Z
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

Debian:13 / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/c-ares?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.34.5-1
1.34.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/c-ares?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.34.6-1

Affected versions

1.*

1.34.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}