A c-ares security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.1.

opensuse-security-announce: openSUSE-SU-2020:2045-1: moderate: Security update for c-ares

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for c-ares
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:2045-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1178882
Cross-References: CVE-2020-8277
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.1
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for c-ares fixes the following issues:

- Version update to 1.17.0
* CVE-2020-8277: Fixed a Denial of Service through DNS request
(bsc#1178882)
* For further details see   https://c-ares.haxx.se/changelog.html

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-2045=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):

c-ares-debugsource-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1
c-ares-devel-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1
c-ares-utils-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1
c-ares-utils-debuginfo-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1
libcares2-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1
libcares2-debuginfo-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

libcares2-32bit-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1
libcares2-32bit-debuginfo-1.17.0-lp151.3.6.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8277.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178882