USN-5034-2: c-ares vulnerability
USN-5034-1 fixed a vulnerability in c-ares. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Philipp Jeitner and Haya Shulman discovered that c-ares incorrectly
validated certain hostnames returned by DNS servers. A remote attacker
could possibly use this issue to perform Domain Hijacking attacks.
Source: USN-5034-2: c-ares vulnerability
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