[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: c-ares-1.17.2-1.fc33
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2021-52c89b44a9
2021-08-31 22:04:26.685228
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Name : c-ares
Product : Fedora 33
Version : 1.17.2
Release : 1.fc33
URL : http://c-ares.haxx.se/
Summary : A library that performs asynchronous DNS operations
Description :
c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolves
asynchronously. c-ares is a fork of the library named 'ares', written
by Greg Hudson at MIT.
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Update Information:
Update to 1.17.2, fixes security issues including CVE-2021-3672.
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ChangeLog:
* Mon Aug 16 2021 Tom Callaway <spot(a)fedoraproject.org> - 1.17.2-1
- update to 1.17.2
- fixes multiple security issues including CVE-2021-3672
* Wed Jul 21 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng(a)fedoraproject.org> - 1.17.1-3
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild
* Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng(a)fedoraproject.org> - 1.17.1-2
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild
* Fri Nov 20 2020 Tom Callaway <spot(a)fedoraproject.org> - 1.17.1-1
- update to 1.17.1
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1988342 - CVE-2021-3672 c-ares: Missing input validation of host names may
lead to domain hijacking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1988342
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
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