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GSD-2021-22569

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## Summary A potential Denial of Service issue in protobuf-java was discovered in the parsing procedure for binary data. Affected versions: All versions of Java Protobufs (including Kotlin and JRuby) prior to the versions listed below. Protobuf "javalite" users (typically Android) are not affected. ## Severity **High** - An implementation weakness in how unknown fields are parsed in Java. A small (~800 KB) malicious payload can occupy the parser for several minutes by creating large numbers of short-lived objects that cause frequent, repeated GC pauses. ## Proof of Concept For reproduction details, please refer to the oss-fuzz issue that identifies the specific inputs that exercise this parsing weakness. ## Remediation and Mitigation Please update to the latest available versions of the following packages: - protobuf-java (3.16.1, 3.18.2, 3.19.2) - protobuf-kotlin (3.18.2, 3.19.2) - google-protobuf [JRuby gem only] (3.19.2)

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    "description": "An 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.",
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      "https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22569.html",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1013",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4623",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5532",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5903",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6835",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7896",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8761",
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CVE-2021-22569 (GCVE-0-2021-22569)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-07 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-21 13:57

Title

Denial of Service of protobuf-java parsing procedure

Summary

An 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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-21 13:40 UTC

CWE

CWE-696 - Incorrect Behavior Order

Assigner

Google Google root Scorecard

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detai…
https://cloud.google.com/support/bulletins#gcp-2022-001
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/12/4	mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/12/7	mailing-list
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	mailing-list

Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Google LLC	protobuf-java	Affected: unspecified , < 3.16.1 (custom) Affected: unspecified , < 3.18.2 (custom) Affected: unspecified , < 3.19.2 (custom)
Google LLC	protobuf-kotlin	Affected: unspecified , < 3.18.2 (custom) Affected: unspecified , < 3.19.2 (custom)
Google LLC	google-protobuf [JRuby Gem]	Affected: unspecified , < 3.19.2 (custom)

Credits

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

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GHSA-WRVW-HG22-4M67

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-01-07 22:31 – Updated: 2023-01-24 15:45

Summary

A potential Denial of Service issue in protobuf-java

Details

Summary

A potential Denial of Service issue in protobuf-java was discovered in the parsing procedure for binary data.

Reporter: OSS-Fuzz

Affected versions: All versions of Java Protobufs (including Kotlin and JRuby) prior to the versions listed below. Protobuf "javalite" users (typically Android) are not affected.

Severity

CVE-2021-22569 High - CVSS Score: 7.5, An implementation weakness in how unknown fields are parsed in Java. A small (~800 KB) malicious payload can occupy the parser for several minutes by creating large numbers of short-lived objects that cause frequent, repeated GC pauses.

Proof of Concept

For reproduction details, please refer to the oss-fuzz issue that identifies the specific inputs that exercise this parsing weakness.

Remediation and Mitigation

Please update to the latest available versions of the following packages:

protobuf-java (3.16.1, 3.18.2, 3.19.2)
protobuf-kotlin (3.18.2, 3.19.2)
google-protobuf [JRuby gem only] (3.19.2)

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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    }
  ],
  "summary": "A potential Denial of Service issue in protobuf-java"
}

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GSD-2021-22569

CVE-2021-22569 (GCVE-0-2021-22569)

GHSA-WRVW-HG22-4M67

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