| Name | CVE-2022-1941 |
| Description | A parsing vulnerability for the MessageSet type in the ProtocolBuffers versions prior to and including 3.16.1, 3.17.3, 3.18.2, 3.19.4, 3.20.1 and 3.21.5 for protobuf-cpp, and versions prior to and including 3.16.1, 3.17.3, 3.18.2, 3.19.4, 3.20.1 and 4.21.5 for protobuf-python 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. We recommend upgrading to versions 3.18.3, 3.19.5, 3.20.2, 3.21.6 for protobuf-cpp and 3.18.3, 3.19.5, 3.20.2, 4.21.6 for protobuf-python. Versions for 3.16 and 3.17 are no longer updated. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3393-1, ELA-836-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| protobuf (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.6.1-1+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.0.0-9+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 3.6.1.3-2+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 3.12.4-1+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 3.21.12-3 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 3.21.12-10 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| protobuf | source | experimental | 3.20.2-1 | |||
| protobuf | source | jessie | 2.6.1-1+deb8u1 | ELA-836-1 | ||
| protobuf | source | stretch | 3.0.0-9+deb9u1 | ELA-836-1 | ||
| protobuf | source | buster | 3.6.1.3-2+deb10u1 | DLA-3393-1 | ||
| protobuf | source | bullseye | 3.12.4-1+deb11u1 | |||
| protobuf | source | (unstable) | 3.21.9-3 |
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/27/1
https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/security/advisories/GHSA-8gq9-2x98-w8hf
https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/806d7e4ce6f1fd0545cae226b94cb0249ea495c7 (v3.20.2)
https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/7764c864bd5acdf60230a7b8fd29816170d0d04e (main)