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CVE-2022-1941: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

September 22, 2022 (updated November 7, 2023)

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 Versions for 3.16 and 3.17 are no longer updated.

References

  • cloud.google.com/support/bulletins
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-8gq9-2x98-w8hf
  • github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/security/advisories/GHSA-8gq9-2x98-w8hf
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1941

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Affected versions

All versions before 3.18.3, all versions starting from 3.19.0 before 3.19.5, all versions starting from 3.20.0 before 3.20.2, all versions starting from 4.0.0 before 4.21.6

Fixed versions

  • 3.18.3
  • 3.19.5
  • 3.20.2
  • 4.21.6

Solution

Upgrade to versions 3.18.3, 3.19.5, 3.20.2, 4.21.6 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Source file

pypi/protobuf/CVE-2022-1941.yml

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