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Ubuntu 25.04 USN-7630-2 critical: libjpeg-turbo buffer overflow

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Calendar Grey July 9, 2025
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7629-1 highlights critical patches for Protocol Buffers, aimed at mitigating service interruptions.
Protocol Buffers could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

Protocol Buffers could be made to crash if it received specially crafted

input.

Software Description:

- protobuf: protocol buffers data serialization library

Details:

It was discovered that Protocol Buffers incorrectly handled memory when

receiving malicious input using the Python bindings. An attacker could

possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-4565)

It was discovered that Protocol Buffers incorrectly handled memory when

receiving malicious input using the Java bindings. An attacker could

possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only

affected Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2024-7254)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update Ubuntu important protobuf

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 25.04
  libprotobuf-java                3.21.12-10ubuntu0.1
  python3-protobuf                3.21.12-10ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  libprotobuf-java                3.21.12-8.2ubuntu0.2
  python3-protobuf                3.21.12-8.2ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  libprotobuf-java                3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.4
  python3-protobuf                3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.4

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7629-1

CVE-2024-7254, CVE-2025-4565

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update Ubuntu important protobuf

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/protobuf/3.21.12-10ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/protobuf/3.21.12-8.2ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/protobuf/3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.4

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