Linuxsecurity Denial of Service Vulnerability in c-ares Affects Ubuntu Releases
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A security issue has been identified in the c-ares library affecting Ubuntu 25.10 and 25.04. The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause c-ares to crash by sending specially crafted queries, leading to a denial of service. This issue arises from c-ares incorrectly handling the termination of certain queries after a maximum number of attempts.
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