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Gentoo: GLSA-202408-31 Normal: Protobuf, Protobuf-Python Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey August 12, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A security flaw has been discovered in protobuf and protobuf-python, which may lead to denial of service issues. Make sure to update to fix this.
A vulnerability has been discovered in protobuf and protobuf-python, which can lead to a denial of service.

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in protobuf and protobuf-python. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue gentoo normal severity protobuf protobuf-python

Resolution

All protobuf and protobuf-python users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/protobuf-3.20.3" # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/protobuf-python-3.19.6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-1941 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1941

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202408-31
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: protobuf, protobuf-python: Denial of Service
Date: August 12, 2024
Bugs: #872434
ID: 202408-31

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue gentoo normal severity protobuf protobuf-python

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in protobuf and protobuf-python, which can lead to a denial of service.

Background

Google's Protocol Buffers are an extensible mechanism for serializing structured data.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected -------------------------- ------------ ------------ dev-libs/protobuf < 3.20.3 >= 3.20.3 dev-python/protobuf-python < 3.19.6 >= 3.19.6

Impact

A parsing vulnerability for the MessageSet type can lead to out of memory failures. A specially crafted message with multiple key-value per elements creates parsing issues, and can lead to a Denial of Service against services receiving unsanitized input.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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