CVE-2021-3672

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in conan/c-ares

Identifiers

CVE-2021-3672

Package Slug

conan/c-ares

Vulnerability

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Description

A flaw was found in c-ares library, where a missing input validation check of host names returned by DNS (Domain Name Servers) can lead to output of wrong hostnames which might potentially lead to Domain Hijacking. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Affected Versions

All versions starting from 1.0.0 before 1.17.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.17.2 or above.

Last Modified

2021-11-30

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