cve-2020-14354
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-05-13 13:38
Modified
2024-08-04 12:39
Severity ?
Summary
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
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866838Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://c-ares.haxx.se/changelog.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/commit/1cc7e83c3bdfaafbc5919c95025592d8de3a170ePatch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158755/GS20200804145053.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866838Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://c-ares.haxx.se/changelog.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/commit/1cc7e83c3bdfaafbc5919c95025592d8de3a170ePatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158755/GS20200804145053.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a c-ares Version: c-ares 1.16.1
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