1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5490-1

USN-5490-1: Protocol Buffers vulnerability

Publication date

21 June 2022

Overview

Protocol Buffers could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Releases

Packages

  • protobuf - protocol buffers C++ library (development files)

Details

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.

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.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial libprotoc9v5 –  2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libprotobuf-lite9v5 –  2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libprotobuf9v5 –  2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm1  
protobuf-compiler –  2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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