Debian trixie
Source: Debian Security Tracker
c-ares→ fixed in1.19.1-2urgency: unimportantsudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y c-ares
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CVE-2023-31124 · cross-distro fix matrix
CVE-2023-31124: c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. When cross-compiling c-ares and using the autotools build system, CARES_RANDOM_FILE will not be set, as seen when cross compiling aarch64 android. This will downgrade to using rand() as a fallback which could allow an attacker to take advantage of the lac
Affects 1 Linux release across 1 (distro × package) combinations.
Fix per ecosystem
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