ALSA-2022:7970

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    ALSA-2022:7970

    Published: 15 Nov 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Moderate: protobuf security update

    Details: 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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7970, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22570, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2049429, https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-7970.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: protobuf

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/protobuf

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.14.0-13.el9

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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