SB2026070777 - Fedora 43 update for c-ares

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SB2026070777 - Fedora 43 update for c-ares

Published: July 7, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026070777
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-33630)

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in c-ares query-completion handling for ares_getaddrinfo() when processing crafted DNS responses over TCP. A remote attacker can send crafted DNS responses that trigger re-entrant completion handling to cause a denial of service.

An attacker can force the client to retry over TCP by setting the truncation bit in a UDP response, and the issue was observed when a malicious or on-path DNS server returned a FORMERR response without an OPT record, followed by a second response with the same query id and a connection reset.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References