{"id":"USN-7925-1","summary":"c-ares vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that c-ares incorrectly handled terminating certain\nqueries after a maximum number of attempts. An attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause c-ares to crash, resulting in a denial of service.","modified":"2026-04-22T11:46:05.772615Z","published":"2025-12-11T13:07:40Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2025-62408"],"upstream":["CVE-2025-62408","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-62408"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7925-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-62408"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"c-ares","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:25.10","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/c-ares@1.34.5-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=questing"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.34.5-1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1.34.4-2.1","1.34.5-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libc-ares2","binary_version":"1.34.5-1ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libcares2","binary_version":"1.34.5-1ubuntu0.1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2025-62408","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:25.10"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7925-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}