USN-5769-1

It was discovered that protobuf did not properly manage memory when serializing large messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using protobuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5237)

It was discovered that protobuf did not properly manage memory when parsing specifically crafted messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using protobuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-1941)

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~esm2

Affected versions

2.*

2.6.1-1.2

2.6.1-1.3

2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libprotoc9v5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libprotobuf-lite9v5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "python-protobuf"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libprotobuf9v5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libprotobuf-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "protobuf-compiler"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5769-1.json"

cves_map

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