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CVE-2019-15544: Uncontrolled memory consumption in protobuf

August 25, 2021 (updated June 13, 2023)

Affected versions of this crate called Vec::reserve() on user-supplied input. This allows an attacker to cause an Out of Memory condition while calling the vulnerable method on untrusted data.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-mh6h-f25p-98f8
  • github.com/stepancheg/rust-protobuf
  • github.com/stepancheg/rust-protobuf/issues/411
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r00097d0b5b6164ea428554007121d5dc1f88ba2af7b9e977a10572cd@%3Cdev.hbase.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4ef574a5621b0e670a3ce641e9922543e34f22bf4c9ee9584aa67fcf@%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7fed8dd9bee494094e7011cf3c2ab75bd8754ea314c6734688c42932@%3Ccommon-issues.hadoop.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd64381fb8f92d640c1975dc50dcdf1b8512e02a2a7b20292d3565cae@%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15544
  • rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0003.html

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.6.0

Fixed versions

  • 2.6.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.6.0 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Source file

cargo/protobuf/CVE-2019-15544.yml

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