RedHat c-ares CVE-2021-3672 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Description

The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS (Domain Name System) requests and provides name resolving API. Security Fix(es): c-ares: Missing input validation of host names may lead to domain hijacking (CVE-2021-3672) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Release Notes linked from the References section. SolutionFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Applications

c-ares

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