Microsoft security update for CVE-2021-3672
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Microsoft's advisory
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🎯 Affected products5
- azl3 ceph 18.2.2-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 ceph 18.2.2-8 on Azure Linux 3.0
- cbl2 pgbouncer 1.16.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- cm1 c-ares 1.18.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0
- cm1 pgbouncer 1.16.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0
✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 3 updates
3 rows: one per KB article or update, update type and fixed build. Their details are on Microsoft's advisory.
| KB article | Update | Fixed build |
|---|---|---|
| — | Security Update | 1.16.1-1 |
| — | Security Update | 1.18.1-1 |
| — | Security Update | 18.2.2-1 |
🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2021-3672
- EchelonGraph score
- 5.6 MEDIUM
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Fix status
- A fix is available — apply it.
Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority
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.
Published by Red Hat, Inc., the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2021-3672, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).