protobuf up to 1.32.x on Go JSON protojson.Unmarshal infinite loop

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in protobuf up to 1.32.x on Go. Impacted is the function protojson.Unmarshal of the component JSON Handler. The manipulation leads to infinite loop. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-24786. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in protobuf up to 1.32.x on Go and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function protojson.Unmarshal of the component JSON Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The protojson.Unmarshal function can enter an infinite loop when unmarshaling certain forms of invalid JSON. This condition can occur when unmarshaling into a message which contains a google.protobuf.Any value, or when the UnmarshalOptions.DiscardUnknown option is set.

The weakness was released 03/06/2024. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-24786 since 01/30/2024. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212124 (Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-7.0)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.33.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (212124). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• protobuf

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• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32

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