UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22217

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22217

    Published: 22 Aug 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-22217
    Aliases:
    USN-6376-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22217, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6376-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-22217

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: c-ares

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.10.0-2
    1.10.0-3
    1.10.0-3ubuntu0.1
    1.10.0-3ubuntu0.2
    1.10.0-3ubuntu0.2+esm1
    1.10.0-3ubuntu0.2+esm2
    1.10.0-3ubuntu0.2+esm3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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