Detections
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Echo: c-ares-1.13.0: security update to 1.13.0+e1c-ares-1.16.0: security update to 1.16.0+e1c-ares-1.7.4: security update to 1.7.4+e1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 476259

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 c-ares-1.13.0 library and its related packages to version 1.13.0+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-25629

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 476259

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/20/2026

Updated: 10/20/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25629