CVE-2020-22217

NameCVE-2020-22217
DescriptionBuffer 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3567-1, ELA-946-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
c-ares (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.10.0-2+deb8u7fixed
stretch (security)1.12.0-1+deb9u2vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch1.12.0-1+deb9u6fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1.14.0-1+deb10u4fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.17.1-1+deb11u3fixed
bookworm1.18.1-3fixed
sid, trixie1.34.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
c-aressourcejessie1.10.0-2+deb8u7ELA-946-1
c-aressourcestretch1.12.0-1+deb9u6ELA-946-1
c-aressourcebuster1.14.0-1+deb10u4DLA-3567-1
c-aressource(unstable)1.17.1-1

Notes

https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues/333
https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/pull/332
Fixed by: https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/commit/1b98172b141fe874ad43e679e67506f9b2139043 (c-ares-1_17_0)

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