SUSE SLED15: libprotobuf-lite20 / libprotobuf-lite20-32bit / libprotobuf20 / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:3922-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167241

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3922-1 advisory.

- CVE-2021-22569: Fixed Denial of Service in protobuf-java in the parsing procedure for binary data (bsc#1194530).
- CVE-2022-1941: Fix a potential DoS issue in protobuf-cpp and protobuf-python (bsc#1203681)
- CVE-2022-3171: Fix a potential DoS issue when parsing with binary data in protobuf-java (bsc#1204256)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167241

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3922-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/10/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.19

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22569

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3171

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libprotobuf20, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:protobuf-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-protobuf, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-protobuf, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libprotobuf-lite20, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libprotoc20, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22569, CVE-2022-1941, CVE-2022-3171

IAVA: 2022-A-0164

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3922-1

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