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CVE-2020-14354
Published: May 13, 2021
Modified: Aug 4, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | c-ares | affected c-ares 1.16.1 |
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
FEDORA-2020-43d5a372fc
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866838
x_refsource_MISC
https://c-ares.haxx.se/changelog.html
x_refsource_MISC
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