Bug 1214674 (CVE-2020-22217) - VUL-0: CVE-2020-22217: c-ares,libcares2: out of bounds read in ares_parse_soa_reply()
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2020-22217: c-ares,libcares2: out of bounds read in ares_parse_soa...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2020-22217
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Major
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QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/375978/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2020-22217:7.6:(AV:...
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Reported: 2023-08-28 08:54 UTC by Carlos López
Modified: 2023-11-16 11:24 UTC (History)
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Description Carlos López 2023-08-28 08:54:56 UTC 
CVE-2020-22217

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.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-22217
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-22217
https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues/333
Comment 1 Carlos López 2023-08-28 08:56:20 UTC 
SUSE:ALP:Source:Standard:1.0/c-ares  Already fixed
SUSE:SLE-15:Update/c-ares            Already fixed
openSUSE:Factory/c-ares              Already fixed
SUSE:SLE-11-SP2:Update/libcares2     Not affected
SUSE:SLE-12:Update/libcares2         Affected
Comment 4 Maintenance Automation 2023-09-20 08:30:29 UTC 
SUSE-SU-2023:3690-1: An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1214674
CVE References: CVE-2020-22217
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (src): libcares2-1.9.1-9.18.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (src): libcares2-1.9.1-9.18.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (src): libcares2-1.9.1-9.18.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (src): libcares2-1.9.1-9.18.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5 (src): libcares2-1.9.1-9.18.1

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Comment 5 Carlos López 2023-11-16 11:24:04 UTC 
Done, closing.