Gentoo update for protobuf-java



Published: 2023-01-17 | Updated: 2023-03-07
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
CVE-ID CVE-2022-3171
CVE-2022-3509
CVE-2022-3510
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU69293

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3171

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input containing multiple instances of non-repeated embedded messages with repeated or unknown fields. A remote attacker can cause objects to be converted back-n-forth between mutable and immutable forms, resulting in potentially long garbage collection pauses.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
dev-java/protobuf-java to version: 3.20.3

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

dev-java/protobuf-java: before 3.20.3

CPE2.3 External links

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-09

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

2) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU69670

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3509

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing textformat data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
dev-java/protobuf-java to version: 3.20.3

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

dev-java/protobuf-java: before 3.20.3

CPE2.3 External links

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-09

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

3) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU71253

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3510

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Policy (Google Protobuf-Java) component in Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
dev-java/protobuf-java to version: 3.20.3

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

dev-java/protobuf-java: before 3.20.3

CPE2.3 External links

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-09

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?



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