Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703682
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3682-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'c-ares' package(s) announced via the DSA-3682-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'c-ares' package(s) announced via the DSA-3682-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Gzob Qq discovered that the query-building functions in c-ares, an asynchronous DNS request library would not correctly process crafted query names, resulting in a heap buffer overflow and potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.0-2+deb8u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.12.0-1. We recommend that you upgrade your c-ares packages. Affected Software/OS: 'c-ares' package(s) on Debian 8. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5180 BugTraq ID: 93243 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93243 Debian Security Information: DSA-3682 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3682 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-28 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0002 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3143-1
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