CVE-2021-22569

Summary

CVECVE-2021-22569
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-01-10 14:10:00 UTC
Updated2023-04-18 09:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue in protobuf-java allowed the interleaving of com.google.protobuf.UnknownFieldSet fields in such a way that would be processed out of order. A small malicious payload can occupy the parser for several minutes by creating large numbers of short-lived objects that cause frequent, repeated pauses. We recommend upgrading libraries beyond the vulnerable versions.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Google Google-protobuf All All All All
Application Google Protobuf-java All All All All
Application Google Protobuf-kotlin All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Console 1.9.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Repository Function 1.15.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Repository Function 1.15.1 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy 1.15.0 All All All
Application Oracle Spatial And Graph Mapviewer 19c All All All
Application Oracle Spatial And Graph Mapviewer 21c All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
oss-security - CVE-2021-22569: Protobuf Java, Kotlin, JRuby DoS MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-2021-22569: Protobuf Java, Kotlin, JRuby DoS MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3393-1] protobuf security update MLIST lists.debian.org
39330 - oss-fuzz - OSS-Fuzz: Fuzzing the planet - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org
Security Bulletins  |  Customer Care  |  Google Cloud MISC cloud.google.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: OSS-Fuzz - https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 150676 Oracle WebLogic Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (APR-2023)
  • 181741 Debian Security Update for protobuf (DLA 3393-1)
  • 184949 Debian Security Update for protobuf (CVE-2021-22569)
  • 199233 Ubuntu Security Notification for Protocol Buffers Vulnerabilities (USN-5945-1)
  • 20255 Oracle Database 19c Critical Patch Update - April 2022
  • 20257 Oracle Database 21c Critical Patch Update - April 2022
  • 20285 Oracle Database 19c Critical OJVM Patch Update - April 2022
  • 378883 Splunk Enterprise August Third Party Package Updates (SVD-2023-0808)
  • 378990 Atlassian Jira Service Management Data Center and Server Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (JSDSERVER-14749,JSDSERVER-14751,JSDSERVER-14752,JSDSERVER-14753,JSDSERVER-14754,JSDSERVER-14755)
  • 752777 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for protobuf (SUSE-SU-2022:3922-1)
  • 754157 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for grpc, protobuf, python-Deprecated, python-PyGithub, python-aiocontextvars, python-avro, python-bcrypt, python-cryptography, python-cryptography-vectors, python-google-api-core, pyt (SUSE-SU-2023:2783-1)
  • 754878 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for grpc, protobuf, python-DEPRECATED, python-PyGithub, python-aiocontextvars, python-avro, python-bcrypt, python-cryptography, python-cryptography-vectors, python-google-api-core, pyt (SUSE-SU-2023:2783-2)
  • 87542 Oracle WebLogic Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUAPR2023)
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