Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in c-ares, the worst of which could result in the loss of confidentiality or integrity.
| Package | net-dns/c-ares on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.19.0 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.19.0 |
c-ares is a C library for asynchronous DNS requests (including name resolves).
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in c-ares. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All c-ares users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/c-ares-1.19.0"