{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8277","details":"A Node.js application that allows an attacker to trigger a DNS request for a host of their choice could trigger a Denial of Service in versions \u003c 15.2.1, \u003c 14.15.1, and \u003c 12.19.1 by getting the application to resolve a DNS record with a larger number of responses. This is fixed in 15.2.1, 14.15.1, and 12.19.1.","modified":"2026-09-01T16:05:16.139051225Z","published":"2020-11-19T01:15:12.763Z","upstream":["CVE-2020-8277"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8277"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"c-ares","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/c-ares?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.17.1-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8277.json"}},{"package":{"name":"c-ares","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/c-ares?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.17.1-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8277.json"}},{"package":{"name":"c-ares","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/c-ares?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.17.1-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8277.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}