{"action":"Upgrade c-ares to 1.17.1-1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"1.17.1-1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"c-ares","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:14","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["1.17.1-1"],"id":"tcs_01M5NF8KZ6GEGPV6009FN7CD4N","modified_at":"2026-09-11T11:02:38.058727749Z","published_at":"2020-11-19T01:15:12.763Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8277","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8277"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7.5},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8277#Debian:14/c-ares","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8277"}],"summary":"A Node.js application that allows an attacker to trigger a DNS request for a host of their choice could trigger a Denial of Service in versions < 15.2.1, < 14.15.1, and < 12.19.1 by getting the applic"}