CVE-2020-14354

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.16.1-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.16.1-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.16.1-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.16.1-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.16.1-1`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-14354

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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