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CVE

GHSA-g5ww-5jh7-63cx

Protobuf Java vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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CVE

GHSA-g5ww-5jh7-63cx

Protobuf Java vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

A parsing issue similar to CVE-2022-3171, but with textformat in protobuf-java core and lite versions prior to 3.21.7, 3.20.3, 3.19.6 and 3.16.3 can lead to a denial of service attack. Inputs containing multiple instances of non-repeated embedded messages with repeated or unknown fields causes objects to be converted back-n-forth between mutable and immutable forms, resulting in potentially long garbage collection pauses. We recommend updating to the versions mentioned above.

Package Versions Affected

Package Version
patch Availability
com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java 2.5.0
Available
Unavailable
com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java 3.21.6
Available
Unavailable

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
7.5
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
C
H
U
0
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
C
H
U
7.5
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3509, https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/a3888f53317a8018e7a439bac4abeb8f3425d5e9, https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/v2.6.1/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageReflection.java, https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/v3.0.0/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageReflection.java, https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/tree/main/java

Severity

7.5

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Ecosystem
Base CVSS
7.5
EPSS Probability
0.00131%
EPSS Percentile
0.33467%
Introduced Version
2.6.0,3.0.0-beta-3,3.17.0-rc-1,3.20.0-rc-1,3.21.0-rc-1,2.5.0,2.0.1,2.2.0,3.8.0-rc-1,3.17.0-rc-2,3.0.0
Fix Available
3.16.3,3.19.6,3.20.3,3.21.7

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