SUSE-SU-2023:2313-1: Security update for c-ares

Published May 30, 2023
·
Updated

This update for c-ares fixes the following issues: Update to version 1.19.1: CVE-2023-32067: 0-byte UDP payload causes Denial of Service (bsc#1211604) CVE-2023-31147: Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs (bsc#1211605) CVE-2023-31130: Buffer Underwrite in aresinetnetpton() (bsc#1211606) CVE-2023-31124: AutoTools does not set CARESRANDOMFILE during cross compilation (bsc#1211607) Fix uninitialized memory warning in test aresgetaddrinfo() should allow a port of 0 Fix memory leak in aressend() on error Fix comment style in aresdata.h Fix typo in aresinitoptions.3 Sync axpthread.m4 with upstream Sync axcxxcompilestdcxx11.m4 with upstream to fix uclibc support

Affected Software

146 affected componentsFixes available
All of the following
SUSE openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (aarch64 x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/c-ares-utils<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-utils-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2<32bit-debuginfo-1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
32bit-debuginfo-1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<32bit-1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
32bit-1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/c-ares-utils<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-utils-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
Any of the following
suse/libcares2<32bit-debuginfo-1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
32bit-debuginfo-1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<32bit-1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
32bit-1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (aarch64 x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 (x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 (x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 (x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (aarch64 x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 (aarch64 x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 (x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-devel<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libcares2-debuginfo<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/c-ares-debugsource<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
suse/libcares2<1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
1.19.1-150000.3.23.1

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libcares2-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/c-ares-debugsource to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libcares2 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/c-ares-utils to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/c-ares-devel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/c-ares-utils-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libcares2 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 32bit-debuginfo-1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libcares2 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 32bit-1.19.1-150000.3.23.1
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade c-ares to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.19.1
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-2313=1
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-2313=1
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-2313=1
  13. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-2313=1
  14. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2023-2313=1
  15. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-2313=1
  16. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-ESPOS-2023-2313=1
  17. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-2313=1
  18. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-RT-15-SP3-2023-2313=1
  19. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2023-2313=1
  20. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-2313=1
  21. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-2313=1
  22. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2023-2313=1
  23. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP2-2023-2313=1
  24. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2023-2313=1
  25. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.2-2023-2313=1
  26. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.2-2023-2313=1
  27. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.2-2023-2313=1
  28. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2023-2313=1
  29. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2023-2313=1
  30. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-Storage-7-2023-2313=1
  31. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2023-2313=1
  32. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2023-2313=1
  33. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-2313=1
  34. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-2313=1

Event History

May 30, 2023
Advisory Published
08:30 AM

Child vulnerabilities

Contains the following vulnerabilities.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

Which systems and packages are covered by this update?

The update applies to openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 on aarch64 and x86_64, and openSUSE Leap 15.4 on aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, and x86_64. Listed packages include libcares2, c-ares-devel, c-ares-utils, debugsource, and debuginfo packages.

2

What impact can the addressed vulnerabilities have?

The update addresses a denial-of-service condition triggered by a zero-byte UDP payload, insufficient randomness in DNS query IDs, and a buffer underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton(). It also fixes an issue where CARES_RANDOM_FILE is not set by AutoTools during cross-compilation.

3

What version does this update provide?

This security update updates c-ares to version 1.19.1.

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