Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-1973
Advisory Release Date: 2023-03-02 22:35 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-03-07 00:20 Pacific
A parsing vulnerability for the MessageSet type in the ProtocolBuffers versions prior to and including 3.16.1, 3.17.3, 3.18.2, 3.19.4, 3.20.1 and 3.21.5 for protobuf-cpp, and versions prior to and including 3.16.1,
3.17.3, 3.18.2, 3.19.4, 3.20.1 and 4.21.5 for protobuf-python 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. We recommend upgrading to versions 3.18.3, 3.19.5, 3.20.2, 3.21.6 for protobuf-cpp and 3.18.3, 3.19.5, 3.20.2, 4.21.6 for protobuf-python. Versions for 3.16 and 3.17 are no longer updated. (CVE-2022-1941)
Affected Packages:
protobuf
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update protobuf to update your system.
aarch64:
protobuf-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
protobuf-compiler-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
protobuf-devel-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
protobuf-static-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
protobuf-lite-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
protobuf-lite-devel-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
protobuf-lite-static-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
protobuf-python-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
protobuf-vim-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
protobuf-emacs-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
protobuf-emacs-el-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
protobuf-java-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
protobuf-javadoc-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
protobuf-debuginfo-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
i686:
protobuf-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
protobuf-compiler-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
protobuf-devel-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
protobuf-static-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
protobuf-lite-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
protobuf-lite-devel-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
protobuf-lite-static-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
protobuf-python-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
protobuf-vim-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
protobuf-emacs-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
protobuf-emacs-el-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
protobuf-java-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
protobuf-javadoc-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
protobuf-debuginfo-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
src:
protobuf-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.src
x86_64:
protobuf-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
protobuf-compiler-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
protobuf-devel-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
protobuf-static-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
protobuf-lite-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
protobuf-lite-devel-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
protobuf-lite-static-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
protobuf-python-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
protobuf-vim-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
protobuf-emacs-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
protobuf-emacs-el-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
protobuf-java-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
protobuf-javadoc-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
protobuf-debuginfo-2.5.0-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64