Google: net-dns/c-ares: security update to 18244.1.61

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 450592

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- c-ares is a C library for asynchronous DNS requests. `ares__read_line()` is used to parse local
configuration files such as `/etc/resolv.conf`, `/etc/nsswitch.conf`, the `HOSTALIASES` file, and if using
a c-ares version prior to 1.27.0, the `/etc/hosts` file. If any of these configuration files has an
embedded `NULL` character as the first character in a new line, it can lead to attempting to read memory
prior to the start of the given buffer which may result in a crash. This issue is fixed in c-ares 1.27.0.
No known workarounds exist. (CVE-2024-25629)

Solution

Update the net-dns/c-ares library and its related packages to version 18244.1.61 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 450592

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-25629

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25629

Detections

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