CVE-2022-4904
HIGHc-ares < 1.19.0 - Denial of Service via ares_set_sortlist Input Validation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168631
Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues/496
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33LDNS6RPOPP36Z4MPWXALUQZXJCWJS2/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-02
Scores
CVSS v3
8.6
EPSS
0.0123
EPSS Percentile
65.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-1284
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (5)
c-ares_project/c-ares
< 1.19.0
fedoraproject/fedora
36
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
9.0
redhat/software_collections
Published
Mar 06, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026