Bug 2291470 (CVE-2022-1941)

Summary:	CVE-2022-1941 protobuf: message parsing vulnerability in ProtocolBuffers
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Mauro Matteo Cascella <mcascell>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akostadi, amasferr, amctagga, aoconnor, bbuckingham, bdettelb, bniver, cbartlet, chazlett, dmayorov, eglynn, ehelms, epacific, flucifre, gmeno, gtanzill, jcammara, jhardy, jjoyce, jlledo, jneedle, jobarker, jschluet, juwatts, lhh, lsvaty, mabashia, mbenjamin, mburns, mgarciac, mhackett, mhulan, mkudlej, mmakovy, mminar, nmoumoul, pcreech, pgrist, rbiba, rchan, simaishi, smcdonal, sostapov, sskracic, teagle, tjochec, vereddy, yguenane, zsadeh
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OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	protobuf 3.18.3, protobuf 3.19.5, protobuf 3.20.2, protobuf 3.21.6	Doc Type:	---
Doc Text:	A parsing vulnerability for the MessageSet type in the ProtocolBuffers can lead to out of memory failures. A specially crafted message with multiple key-value per elements creates parsing issues, and can lead to a Denial of Service against services receiving unsanitized input.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Blocks:	2291474

Description Mauro Matteo Cascella 2024-06-12 10:29:38 UTC

A parsing vulnerability for the MessageSet type in the ProtocolBuffers can lead to out of memory failures. A specially crafted message with multiple key-value per elements creates parsing issues, and can lead to a Denial of Service against services receiving unsanitized input.

References:
https://cloud.google.com/support/bulletins#GCP-2022-019
https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/security/advisories/GHSA-8gq9-2x98-w8hf
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/27/1

Comment 2 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2024-06-12 10:49:19 UTC

Upstream fix:
https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/pull/10542

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2025-05-13 10:06:33 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:7138 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7138