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Posted on 08 November 2022
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: protobuf security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:7464-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7464
Issue date: 2022-11-08
CVE Names: CVE-2021-22570
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1. Summary:
An update for protobuf is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
The protobuf packages provide Protocol Buffers, Google's data interchange
format. Protocol Buffers can encode structured data in an efficient yet
extensible format, and provide a flexible, efficient, and automated
mechanism for serializing structured data.
Security Fix(es):
* protobuf: Incorrect parsing of nullchar in the proto symbol leads to
Nullptr dereference (CVE-2021-22570)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2049429 - CVE-2021-22570 protobuf: Incorrect parsing of nullchar in the proto symbol leads to Nullptr dereference
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
protobuf-3.5.0-15.el8.src.rpm
aarch64:
protobuf-3.5.0-15.el8.aarch64.rpm
protobuf-compiler-3.5.0-15.el8.aarch64.rpm
protobuf-compiler-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.aarch64.rpm
protobuf-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.aarch64.rpm
protobuf-debugsource-3.5.0-15.el8.aarch64.rpm
protobuf-lite-3.5.0-15.el8.aarch64.rpm
protobuf-lite-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
python3-protobuf-3.5.0-15.el8.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
protobuf-3.5.0-15.el8.ppc64le.rpm
protobuf-compiler-3.5.0-15.el8.ppc64le.rpm
protobuf-compiler-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.ppc64le.rpm
protobuf-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.ppc64le.rpm
protobuf-debugsource-3.5.0-15.el8.ppc64le.rpm
protobuf-lite-3.5.0-15.el8.ppc64le.rpm
protobuf-lite-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
protobuf-3.5.0-15.el8.s390x.rpm
protobuf-compiler-3.5.0-15.el8.s390x.rpm
protobuf-compiler-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.s390x.rpm
protobuf-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.s390x.rpm
protobuf-debugsource-3.5.0-15.el8.s390x.rpm
protobuf-lite-3.5.0-15.el8.s390x.rpm
protobuf-lite-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
protobuf-3.5.0-15.el8.i686.rpm
protobuf-3.5.0-15.el8.x86_64.rpm
protobuf-compiler-3.5.0-15.el8.i686.rpm
protobuf-compiler-3.5.0-15.el8.x86_64.rpm
protobuf-compiler-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.i686.rpm
protobuf-compiler-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.x86_64.rpm
protobuf-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.i686.rpm
protobuf-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.x86_64.rpm
protobuf-debugsource-3.5.0-15.el8.i686.rpm
protobuf-debugsource-3.5.0-15.el8.x86_64.rpm
protobuf-lite-3.5.0-15.el8.i686.rpm
protobuf-lite-3.5.0-15.el8.x86_64.rpm
protobuf-lite-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.i686.rpm
protobuf-lite-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8):
aarch64:
protobuf-compiler-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.aarch64.rpm
protobuf-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.aarch64.rpm
protobuf-debugsource-3.5.0-15.el8.aarch64.rpm
protobuf-devel-3.5.0-15.el8.aarch64.rpm
protobuf-lite-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.aarch64.rpm
protobuf-lite-devel-3.5.0-15.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
protobuf-compiler-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.ppc64le.rpm
protobuf-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.ppc64le.rpm
protobuf-debugsource-3.5.0-15.el8.ppc64le.rpm
protobuf-devel-3.5.0-15.el8.ppc64le.rpm
protobuf-lite-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.ppc64le.rpm
protobuf-lite-devel-3.5.0-15.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
protobuf-compiler-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.s390x.rpm
protobuf-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.s390x.rpm
protobuf-debugsource-3.5.0-15.el8.s390x.rpm
protobuf-devel-3.5.0-15.el8.s390x.rpm
protobuf-lite-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.s390x.rpm
protobuf-lite-devel-3.5.0-15.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
protobuf-compiler-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.i686.rpm
protobuf-compiler-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.x86_64.rpm
protobuf-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.i686.rpm
protobuf-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.x86_64.rpm
protobuf-debugsource-3.5.0-15.el8.i686.rpm
protobuf-debugsource-3.5.0-15.el8.x86_64.rpm
protobuf-devel-3.5.0-15.el8.i686.rpm
protobuf-devel-3.5.0-15.el8.x86_64.rpm
protobuf-lite-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.i686.rpm
protobuf-lite-debuginfo-3.5.0-15.el8.x86_64.rpm
protobuf-lite-devel-3.5.0-15.el8.i686.rpm
protobuf-lite-devel-3.5.0-15.el8.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22570
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.7_release_notes/index
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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