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CVE-2022-4904

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.

Published

2023-03-06T23:15:11.390

Last Modified

2025-12-02T21:15:50.887

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.6 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-20
Type: Primary
CWE-1284

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	c-ares_project	c-ares	< 1.19.0	Yes
Application	redhat	software_collections	-	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	36	Yes

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168631 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues/496 Exploit, Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33LDNS6RPOPP36Z4MPWXALUQZXJCWJS2/ ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-02 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168631 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues/496 Exploit, Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33LDNS6RPOPP36Z4MPWXALUQZXJCWJS2/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-02 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)