CVE-2022-4904

Updated on 06 Mar 2023

Severity

8.6 High severity

Details

CVSS score
8.6
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Overview

About vulnerability

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.

Details

Affected product:
AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU
Affected packages:
c-ares @ 1.17.1 (+1 more)
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.

Fixes