high8.6
CVE-2022-4904
A flaw was found in the c-ares package.
Impact
A flaw was found in the c-ares package. The ares_set_sortlist is missing checks about the validity of the input string, which allows a possible arbitrary length stack overflow. This issue may cause a denial of service or a limited impact on confidentiality and integrity.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| C-Ares Project | C-Ares | before 1.19.0 |
| Redhat | Software Collections | All versions |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Version 36 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168631
- https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues/496
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33LDNS6RPOPP36Z4MPWXALUQZXJCWJS2/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-02
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168631
- https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues/496
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33LDNS6RPOPP36Z4MPWXALUQZXJCWJS2/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-02