protobuf allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - protobuf allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2015-5237)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - protobuf allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2015-5237)

The version of IBM Cognos Analytics installed on the remote host is 11.1.x prior to 11.1.7 Fix Pack 7 or 11.2.x prior to 11.2.4 FP1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including the following:

  - GNOME libxml2 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free     flaw in the xmlXIncludeDoProcess() function in xinclude.c. By sending a specially-crafted file, an attacker could     exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. (CVE-2021-3518)

  - Node.js could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the DLL search order     hijacking of providers.dll. By placing a specially crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability     to escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-32223)

  - Node.js marked module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service     (ReDoS) flaw in inline.reflinkSearch. By sending a specially-crafted regex input, a remote attacker could exploit     this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2022-21681)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5769-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that protobuf did not properly manage memory when serializing large messages. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using protobuf to crash, resulting in a     denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5237)

    It was discovered that protobuf did not properly manage memory when parsing specifically crafted messages.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using protobuf to crash, resulting in a     denial of service. (CVE-2022-1941)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
218864	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-5237	Nessus	Misc.	high
416617	SCA: security update for Google.Protobuf, github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf, google/protobuf, protobuf (GHSA-jwvw-v7c5-m82h)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
416617	SCA: security update for Google.Protobuf, github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf, google/protobuf, protobuf (GHSA-jwvw-v7c5-m82h)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
175429	IBM Cognos Analytics Multiple Vulnerabilities (6986505)	Nessus	CGI abuses	critical
168509	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : protobuf vulnerabilities (USN-5769-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2015-5237

high

Tenable Plugins

high

high

high

critical

high