CVE-2022-4904

Summary

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 Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-20: CWE-20->CWE-119

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• 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

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• 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

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