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Ubuntu 22.04: Snowflake Important Denial of Service Advisories USN-7966-1

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Calendar Grey January 19, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several security issues in Snowflake on Ubuntu addressed. Update to avoid possible denial of service attacks.
Several security issues were fixed in Snowflake.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Snowflake.

Software Description:

- snowflake: Cloud-based data platform.

Details:

It was discovered that Pion DTLS, vendored in Snowflake, did not impose a limit

on the amount of data that was buffered during the handshake. An attacker could

possibly use the issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-29189)

It was discovered that Pion DTLS, vendored in Snowflake, did not prevent the

fragmentBuffer from processing zero length fragments. An attacker could

possibly use the issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-29190)

It was discovered that Pion DTLS, vendored in Snowflake, did not require

CertificateVerify when Client Cert was sent. An attacker could

possibly use the issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-29222)

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  snowflake-client                1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  snowflake-proxy                 1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7966-1

CVE-2022-29189, CVE-2022-29190, CVE-2022-29222

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7966-1

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