CVE-2023-31130

CVE Details

Release Date:	2023-05-22
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. ares_inet_net_pton() is vulnerable to a buffer underflow for certain ipv6 addresses, in particular \0::00:00:00/2\ was found to cause an issue. C-ares only uses this function internally for configuration purposes which would require an administrator to configure such an address via ares_set_sortlist(). However, users may externally use ares_inet_net_pton() for other purposes and thus be vulnerable to more severe issues. This issue has been fixed in 1.19.1.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	5.7
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	High
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	High
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (c-ares)	ELSA-2023-7207	2023-11-22
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs)	ELSA-2023-4034	2023-07-19
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs)	ELSA-2023-4035	2023-07-19
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-nodemon)	ELSA-2023-4034	2023-07-19
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-nodemon)	ELSA-2023-4035	2023-07-19
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-packaging)	ELSA-2023-4034	2023-07-19
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-packaging)	ELSA-2023-4035	2023-07-19
Oracle Linux version 9 (c-ares)	ELSA-2023-6635	2023-11-11
Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs)	ELSA-2023-3577	2023-06-15
Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs)	ELSA-2023-3586	2023-06-15
Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs-nodemon)	ELSA-2023-3577	2023-06-15
Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs-packaging)	ELSA-2023-3577	2023-06-15