SB2023053021 - SUSE update for c-ares 



SB2023053021 - SUSE update for c-ares

Published: May 30, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023053021
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 5
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 5 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-31124)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when cross-compiling c-ares and using the autotools build system. As a result, the CARES_RANDOM_FILE is not be set, which results in usage of a rand() function as a fallback, leading to weak entropy.


2) Buffer Underwrite ('Buffer Underflow') (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-31130)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a buffer underflow when using certain IPv6 addresses, such as 0::00:00:00/2". A local privileged user can trigger a boundary error and crash the service.


3) Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-31147)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of a rand() function in case /dev/urandom or RtlGenRandom() are unavailable. A remote attacker can perform spoofing attack.


4) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32067)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


5) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32067)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing DNS responses. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted DNS response to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.