Use After Free Affecting v8-12.4-devel package, versions <3:12.4.254.21-1.22.15.0.1.module+el8.10.0+90558+f3d29a46


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-V8124DEVEL-10060037
  • published7 May 2025
  • disclosed8 Apr 2025

Introduced: 8 Apr 2025

CVE-2025-31498  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 v8-12.4-devel to version 3:12.4.254.21-1.22.15.0.1.module+el8.10.0+90558+f3d29a46 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-4459.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream v8-12.4-devel package and not the v8-12.4-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. From 1.32.3 through 1.34.4, there is a use-after-free in read_answers() when process_answer() may re-enqueue a query either due to a DNS Cookie Failure or when the upstream server does not properly support EDNS, or possibly on TCP queries if the remote closed the connection immediately after a response. If there was an issue trying to put that new transaction on the wire, it would close the connection handle, but read_answers() was still expecting the connection handle to be available to possibly dequeue other responses. In theory a remote attacker might be able to trigger this by flooding the target with ICMP UNREACHABLE packets if they also control the upstream nameserver and can return a result with one of those conditions, this has been untested. Otherwise only a local attacker might be able to change system behavior to make send()/write() return a failure condition. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.34.5.

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