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CVE-2022-4904 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.6 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:8.6 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168631 CVEIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues/496 CVEExploitIssue Tracking
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33LDNS6RPOPP36Z4MPWXALUQZXJCWJS2/ CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-02 CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168631 [email protected]Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-1284Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input[email protected]
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
c-ares project c-ares
< 1.19.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares_project:c-ares:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat software collections
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:software_collections:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux
8.0
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
36

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-4904
NVD Published Date:
Mar 6, 2023
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2022-4904 Details - Not Deferred