A possible use-after-free and double-free in c-ares lib version 1.16.0 if ares_destroy() is called prior to ares_getaddrinfo() completing. This flaw possibly allows an attacker to crash the service that uses c-ares lib. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to this service availability.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866838 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://c-ares.haxx.se/changelog.html | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/commit/1cc7e83c3bdfaafbc5919c95025592d8de3a170e | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/ | |
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158755/GS20200804145053.txt | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
Configurations
History
26 Apr 2022, 16:05
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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CWE | CWE-415 |
20 May 2021, 18:23
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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CPE | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:c-ares_project:c-ares:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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References | (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866838 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | (MISC) https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/commit/1cc7e83c3bdfaafbc5919c95025592d8de3a170e - Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | (MISC) https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158755/GS20200804145053.txt - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | (MISC) https://c-ares.haxx.se/changelog.html - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory | |
CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : 2.1
v3 : 3.3 |
CWE | CWE-120 CWE-416 |
Information
Published : 2021-05-13 14:15
Updated : 2024-02-04 21:47
NVD link : CVE-2020-14354
Mitre link : CVE-2020-14354
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-14354
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Products Affected
fedoraproject
- fedora
c-ares
- c-ares