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CVE-2020-22217

Publication date 22 August 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9 · Medium

Score breakdown

Buffer overflow vulnerability in c-ares before 1_16_1 thru 1_17_0 via function ares_parse_soa_reply in ares_parse_soa_reply.c.

Why is this CVE medium priority?

Only an out-of-bounds read, so denial of service only

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
c-ares 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.15.0-1ubuntu0.4
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored

Patch details

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Package Patch details
c-ares

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.9 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6376-1
    • c-ares vulnerability
    • 18 September 2023

Other references