MGASA-2023-0069 - Updated c-ares packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 27 Feb 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0069.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-4904

The config_sortlist function is missing checks about the validity of the
input string, which allows a possible arbitrary length stack overflow and
thus may cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-4904)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31573
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3323
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-4904

SRPMS:
- 8/core/c-ares-1.17.1-1.2.mga8

Mageia 2023-0069: c-ares security update

The config_sortlist function is missing checks about the validity of the input string, which allows a possible arbitrary length stack overflow and thus may cause a denial of servic...

Summary

The config_sortlist function is missing checks about the validity of the input string, which allows a possible arbitrary length stack overflow and thus may cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-4904)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31573

- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3323

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-4904

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0069 - Updated c-ares packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/c-ares-1.17.1-1.2.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 27 Feb 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0069.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-4904

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