CVE-2021-3672: C-Ares Project vulnerability
C-Ares Project · c-ares
Vendor fix available · Affected: C-Ares Project · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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Higher than 86% of scored CVEs
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DescriptionCVE.org
A flaw was found in c-ares library, where a missing input validation check of host names returned by DNS (Domain Name Servers) can lead to output of wrong hostnames which might potentially lead to Domain Hijacking. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- c-aresc-ares 1.17.2
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Weakness
- Cross-site Scripting
- Vendor
- C-Ares Project
- Published
- November 2021
CoverageNo articles yet
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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-79cwe.mitre.org
- Vendor advisorysecurity.gentoo.org
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1988342bugzilla.redhat.com
- c-ares.haxx.se/adv_20210810.htmlc-ares.haxx.se
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfcert-portal.siemens.com
- oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmloracle.com