c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. Prior to 1.34.7, ares_dns_name_parse() enforces backward DNS compression pointers but does not bound the total pointer hops or assembled name length. A malicious DNS server can send a response containing a long descending pointer chain and many resource records whose NAME or RDATA fields refer to the chain, causing repeated decompression work that grows quadratically with message size. A single crafted response can stall the single-threaded c-ares event loop and deny DNS resolution, without causing memory corruption or information disclosure. This issue is fixed in version 1.34.7.
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18 Sep 2026, 18:17
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Information
Published : 2026-09-18 18:17
Updated : 2026-09-24 21:16
NVD link : CVE-2026-69184
Mitre link : CVE-2026-69184
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-69184
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CWE
CWE-407
Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
