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MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. Versions 1.32.3 through 1.34.5 terminate a query after maximum attempts when using read_answer() and process_answer(), which can cause a Denial of Service. This issue is fixed in version 1.34.6.
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2025-62408
Source
GitHub_M
Published
Dec 8, 2025 at 22:04
Affected Product
Vendor
c-ares
Product
c-ares
Version
> 1.32.3, < 1.34.6
Affected Versions
c-ares c-ares > 1.32.3, < 1.34.6