USN-5531-1: protobuf-c vulnerability

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-33070  

Several security issues were fixed in protobuf-c.

Todd Miller discovered that protobuf-c contained a possible NULL dereference. This could cause a vulnerability that allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors.

Details

Pietro Borrello discovered that protobuf-c contained an invalid
arithmetic shift. This vulnerability allowed attackers to cause a
denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors
(CVE-2022-33070).

It was discovered that protobuf-c contained an unsigned integer
overflow. This vulnerability allowed attackers to cause a denial of
service (system crash) via unspecified vectors.

Todd Miller discovered that protobuf-c contained a possible NULL
dereference. This could cause a vulnerability that allowed attackers to
cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors.