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Fedora: Security Advisory for mingw-c-ares (FEDORA-2021-ee913722db)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Fedora Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
3 years ago
Modified
Modified
3 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'mingw-c-ares' package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2021-ee913722db advisory.
Insight
Insight
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.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'mingw-c-ares' package(s) on Fedora 33.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Please install the updated package(s).