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CVE-2022-4904

Published: Mar 6, 2023

Modified: Dec 2, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	c-ares	affected `unknown`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168631

https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues/496

FEDORA-2023-30e81e5293

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