Buffer overflow in c-ares - CVE-2022-4904

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU72557

Buffer overflow in c-ares - CVE-2022-4904

Published: February 24, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72557
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4904
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the config_sortlist() function. A local user can trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

c-ares
Oracle Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
libcares2-debuginfo-32bit
libcares2-32bit
libcares2
libcares-devel
libcares2-debugsource
libcares2-debuginfo
c-ares (Red Hat package)
c-ares-devel
c-ares
libc-ares2 (Ubuntu package)
c-ares-help
c-ares-debugsource
c-ares-debuginfo
net-dns/c-ares
c-ares-utils-debuginfo
libcares2-32bit-debuginfo
c-ares-utils
nodejs-nodemon
nodejs-nodemon (Red Hat package)
rh-nodejs14 (Red Hat package)
npm
nodejs-docs
nodejs-devel
nodejs
nodejs-full-i18n
rh-nodejs14-nodejs (Red Hat package)
nodejs (Red Hat package)
nodejs-packaging
nodejs-packaging-bundler
Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S)
IBM QRadar Data Synchronization App
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery
Dell EMC NetWorker vProxy

How to mitigate CVE-2022-4904

Install updates from vendor's website.

c-ares - update to 1.19.0
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes - update to 3.74.8
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - update to 4.14.4
libcares2-debuginfo-32bit - update to 1.9.1-9.15.1
libcares2-32bit - addressed in versions 1.9.1-9.15.1, 1.19.0-150000.3.20.1
libcares2 - addressed in versions 1.9.1-9.15.1, 1.19.0-150000.3.20.1
libcares-devel - update to 1.9.1-9.15.1
libcares2-debugsource - update to 1.9.1-9.15.1
libcares2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 1.9.1-9.15.1, 1.19.0-150000.3.20.1
Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) - update to 1.10.12.0
c-ares (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.13.0-6.el8_8.3, 1.13.0-8.el8, 1.17.1-5.el9_0.2, 1.17.1-5.el9_2.2, 1.19.1-1.el9
c-ares-devel - update to 1.13.0-9
c-ares - update to 1.13.0-9
libc-ares2 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.14.0-1ubuntu0.2, 1.15.0-1ubuntu0.2, 1.18.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.1, 1.18.1-1ubuntu0.22.10.1
c-ares-help - addressed in versions 1.16.1-4, 1.18.1-4
c-ares-devel - addressed in versions 1.16.1-4, 1.18.1-4
c-ares-debugsource - addressed in versions 1.16.1-4, 1.18.1-4
c-ares-debuginfo - addressed in versions 1.16.1-4, 1.18.1-4
c-ares - addressed in versions 1.16.1-4, 1.18.1-4
c-ares - addressed in versions 1.17.2-1.10, 1.19.0-1
net-dns/c-ares - update to 1.19.0
c-ares - addressed in versions 1.19.0-1.fc36, 1.19.0-1.fc37
c-ares-debugsource - update to 1.19.0-150000.3.20.1
c-ares-devel - update to 1.19.0-150000.3.20.1
c-ares-utils-debuginfo - update to 1.19.0-150000.3.20.1
libcares2-32bit-debuginfo - update to 1.19.0-150000.3.20.1
c-ares-utils - update to 1.19.0-150000.3.20.1
nodejs-nodemon - addressed in versions 2.0.20-2, 2.0.20-3, 2.0.20-3.0.1
nodejs-nodemon (Red Hat package) - update to 2.0.20-3.el9_2
IBM QRadar Data Synchronization App - update to 3.2.1
rh-nodejs14 (Red Hat package) - update to 3.6-2.el7
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container - addressed in versions 5.0.9, 9.1.0
npm - addressed in versions 6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.0.1, 8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.0.2, 9.5.0-1.18.14.2.3
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.2.0.2.22
nodejs-docs - addressed in versions 14.21.3-1.0.1, 16.19.1-1.0.2, 18.14.2-3
nodejs-devel - addressed in versions 14.21.3-1.0.1, 16.19.1-1.0.2, 18.14.2-3
nodejs - addressed in versions 14.21.3-1.0.1, 16.19.1-1.0.2, 18.14.2-3
nodejs-full-i18n - addressed in versions 14.21.3-1.0.1, 16.19.1-1.0.2, 18.14.2-3
rh-nodejs14-nodejs (Red Hat package) - update to 14.21.3-2.el7
nodejs (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 16.19.1-1.el9_2, 16.20.2-1.el9_0
nodejs - update to 18.12.1-1
Dell EMC NetWorker vProxy - addressed in versions 19.9.0.4, 19.10
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery - update to 19.14.0.1
nodejs-packaging - addressed in versions 23-3, 25-1.0.1, 2021.06-4
nodejs-packaging-bundler - update to 2021.06-4

External References

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