Thanks for reporting this bug/CVE. It has been added to the Ubuntu CVE tracker and a package update will be prepared for it. Since the CVE is public, I'm marking the bug public as well.
** Information type changed from Private Security to Public Security -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1629085 Title: CVE-2016-5180: out-of-bounds write in ares_create_query and ares_mkquery To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/c-ares/+bug/1629085/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
