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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14354

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 p...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 c-ares

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.16.1-1"}]}]

Debian:13 c-ares

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.16.1-1"}]}]

Debian:14 c-ares

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.16.1-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org