shield Security update for c-ares

SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-717

This update for c-ares fixes the following issue - CVE-2025-62408: use after free in read_answers() (bsc#1254738). Changes for c-ares: - c-ares 1.35.6: * Ignore Windows IDN Search Domains until proper IDN support is added * Various bug fixes

• Release Date
  May 7 2026
• References
  Bugzilla: 1254738
  CVEs: CVE-2025-62408
• Type
  security
• Severity
  moderate

cloud_download Downloads

SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 aarch64

• Packages
  libcares2
  Library for asynchronous name resolves

  1.34.6-160000.1.1 lock rpm

SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 ppc64le

• Packages
  libcares2
  Library for asynchronous name resolves

  1.34.6-160000.1.1 lock rpm

SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 s390x

• Packages
  libcares2
  Library for asynchronous name resolves

  1.34.6-160000.1.1 lock rpm

SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 x86_64

• Packages
  libcares2
  Library for asynchronous name resolves

  1.34.6-160000.1.1 lock rpm