UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5180

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5180

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5180.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5180

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Published

2016-10-03T00:00:00Z

Modified

2016-10-03T00:00:00Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in the arescreatequery function in c-ares 1.x before 1.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with an escaped trailing dot.

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=src?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

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

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / c-ares

Package

Name: c-ares
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/c-ares@1.10.0-3ubuntu0.1?arch=src?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

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