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Bug 925661 (CVE-2024-25629, GHSA-mg26-v6qh-x48q) - <net-dns/c-ares-1.27.0: Reading malformed /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/nsswitch.conf, or HOSTALIASES could cause crash
Summary: <net-dns/c-ares-1.27.0: Reading malformed /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/nsswitch.con...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2024-25629, GHSA-mg26-v6qh-x48q
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo Security
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Whiteboard: C3 [noglsa]
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Depends on: 932672
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Reported: 2024-02-27 23:58 UTC by Sam James
Modified: 2024-06-24 02:56 UTC (History)
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Description Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2024-02-27 23:58:12 UTC 
From 1.27.0 release notes (https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/tag/cares-1_27_0):
    Moderate. CVE-2024-25629. Reading malformatted /etc/resolv.conf,
    /etc/nsswitch.conf or the HOSTALIASES file could result in a crash.
    GHSA-mg26-v6qh-x48q
Comment 1 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2024-02-28 00:12:39 UTC 
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=4f6ce3e29c1b9241d9f9b8a7cf432923fa3e1480

commit 4f6ce3e29c1b9241d9f9b8a7cf432923fa3e1480
Author:     Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-02-28 00:06:13 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2024-02-28 00:06:13 +0000

    net-dns/c-ares: add 1.27.0
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/925661
    Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>

 net-dns/c-ares/Manifest             |  2 +
 net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.27.0.ebuild | 92 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 94 insertions(+)
Comment 2 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2024-06-24 02:54:52 UTC 
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=59e60662c86175e12b431c440d353351607a5e76

commit 59e60662c86175e12b431c440d353351607a5e76
Author:     Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-06-24 02:36:25 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2024-06-24 02:53:36 +0000

    net-dns/c-ares: drop 1.25.0-r1, 1.26.0, 1.27.0
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/925661
    Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>

 net-dns/c-ares/Manifest                            |   6 -
 net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.25.0-r1.ebuild             |  96 ------------
 net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.26.0.ebuild                |  92 ------------
 net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.27.0.ebuild                |  92 ------------
 .../files/c-ares-1.25.0-fix-sanity-check-rr.patch  | 166 ---------------------
 5 files changed, 452 deletions(-)