USN-3143-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3143-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3143-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3143-1
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Published
2016-11-30T18:22:12.207221Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:19Z
Summary
c-ares vulnerability
Details

Gzob Qq discovered that c-ares incorrectly handled certain hostnames. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using c-ares to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/c-ares@1.10.0-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.10.0-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.10.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libc-ares-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libc-ares2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-5180",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / c-ares

Package

Name
c-ares
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/c-ares@1.10.0-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.10.0-3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.10.0-2
1.10.0-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libc-ares-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libc-ares2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-5180",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}