USN-5490-1

It was discovered that Protocol Buffers did not properly parse certain symbols. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / protobuf

Package

Name: protobuf
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/protobuf?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.6.1-1.2

2.6.1-1.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libprotoc9v5",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libprotobuf-lite9v5",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-protobuf",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libprotobuf9v5",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libprotobuf-java",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "protobuf-compiler",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5490-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}