openEuler 24.03 LTS update for protobuf



| Updated: 2025-07-16
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2025-4565
CWE-ID CWE-674
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
openEuler
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

python3-protobuf
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

protobuf-parent
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

protobuf-javalite
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

protobuf-javadoc
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

protobuf-java-util
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

protobuf-java
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

protobuf-bom
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

protobuf-lite-devel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

protobuf-lite
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

protobuf-devel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

protobuf-debugsource
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

protobuf-debuginfo
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

protobuf-compiler
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

protobuf
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor openEuler

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Uncontrolled Recursion

EUVDB-ID: #VU112882

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4565

CWE-ID: CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

the vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when parsing untrusted data containing an arbitrary number of recursive groups, recursive messages or a series of SGROUP tags. A remote attacker send specially crafted input to the application and can perform a denial of service attack. 

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 24.03 LTS

python3-protobuf: before 25.1-9

protobuf-parent: before 25.1-9

protobuf-javalite: before 25.1-9

protobuf-javadoc: before 25.1-9

protobuf-java-util: before 25.1-9

protobuf-java: before 25.1-9

protobuf-bom: before 25.1-9

protobuf-lite-devel: before 25.1-9

protobuf-lite: before 25.1-9

protobuf-devel: before 25.1-9

protobuf-debugsource: before 25.1-9

protobuf-debuginfo: before 25.1-9

protobuf-compiler: before 25.1-9

protobuf: before 25.1-9

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2025-1801


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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