Upstream information

CVE-2020-14354 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 2.1
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 3.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1175226 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 c-ares Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 c-ares Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL c-ares Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS c-ares Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 c-ares Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 c-ares Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Aug 12 16:52:34 2020
CVE page last modified: Thu Feb 22 17:13:37 2024