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CVE-2020-14354
LOW3.3
Description
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.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score3.3
SeverityLOW
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack VectorLOCAL
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
Published5/13/2021
Last Modified11/21/2024
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
c-ares:c-aresfedoraproject:fedora
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-120CWE-415CWE-416
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866838(secalert@redhat.com)
https://c-ares.haxx.se/changelog.html(secalert@redhat.com)
https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/commit/1cc7e83c3bdfaafbc5919c95025592d8de3a170e(secalert@redhat.com)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/(secalert@redhat.com)
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158755/GS20200804145053.txt(secalert@redhat.com)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866838(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://c-ares.haxx.se/changelog.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/commit/1cc7e83c3bdfaafbc5919c95025592d8de3a170e(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158755/GS20200804145053.txt(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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