This bug was fixed in the package c-ares - 1.7.5-1ubuntu0.1
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c-ares (1.7.5-1ubuntu0.1) precise-security; urgency=medium
* SECURITY UPDATE: denial of service and possible execution via hostname
with an escaped trailing dot (LP: #1629085)
- debian/patches/CVE-2016-5180.patch: properly handle escaped dot in
ares_mkquery.c.
- CVE-2016-5180
-- Marc Deslauriers <[email protected]> Thu, 06 Oct 2016
10:23:45 -0400
** Changed in: c-ares (Ubuntu Precise)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
** Changed in: c-ares (Ubuntu Trusty)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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CVE-2016-5180: out-of-bounds write in ares_create_query and
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