CVE-2021-22569
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
A potential Denial of Service issue in protobuf-java
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.21.9-3 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.21.9-3 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.21.9-3 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.12.4-1+deb11u1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.21.9-3 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | google-protobuf | <>= 3.19.2 | >= 3.19.2 |
| Maven | com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java | <3.16.1 | 3.16.1 |
| RubyGems | google-protobuf | <3.19.2 | 3.19.2 |
| Maven | com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java | >=3.18.0,<3.18.2 | 3.18.2 |
| Maven | com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java | >=3.19.0,<3.19.2 | 3.19.2 |
| Maven | com.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin | >=3.18.0,<3.18.2 | 3.18.2 |
| Maven | com.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin | >=3.19.0,<3.19.2 | 3.19.2 |
References
- https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/security/advisories/GHSA-wrvw-hg22-4m67
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22569.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22569
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=39330
- https://cloud.google.com/support/bulletins#gcp-2022-001
- https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/12/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/12/7
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-22569
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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