Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-4904 - Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
LOW Integrity impact
LOW Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168631
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168631
- https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues/496
- https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues/496
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33LDNS6RPOPP36Z4MPWXALUQZXJCWJS2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33LDNS6RPOPP36Z4MPWXALUQZXJCWJS2/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-02
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-02