Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : Protocol Buffers vulnerabilities (USN-7629-1)

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#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7629-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7629-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Protocol Buffers incorrectly handled memory when receiving malicious input using
    the Python bindings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2025-4565)

    It was discovered that Protocol Buffers incorrectly handled memory when receiving malicious input using
    the Java bindings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only
    affected Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2024-7254)

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.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libprotobuf-java");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libprotobuf-lite23");
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include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release || '25.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04 / 25.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);

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    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'elpa-protobuf-mode', 'pkgver': '3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.4', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
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    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libprotobuf-java', 'pkgver': '3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.4', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libprotobuf-lite23', 'pkgver': '3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.4', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libprotobuf23', 'pkgver': '3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.4', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libprotoc-dev', 'pkgver': '3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.4', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libprotoc23', 'pkgver': '3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.4', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'protobuf-compiler', 'pkgver': '3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.4', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-protobuf', 'pkgver': '3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.4', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'ruby-google-protobuf', 'pkgver': '3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.4', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
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    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libprotobuf-dev', 'pkgver': '3.21.12-8.2ubuntu0.2', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libprotobuf-java', 'pkgver': '3.21.12-8.2ubuntu0.2', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libprotobuf-lite32t64', 'pkgver': '3.21.12-8.2ubuntu0.2', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libprotobuf32t64', 'pkgver': '3.21.12-8.2ubuntu0.2', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libprotoc-dev', 'pkgver': '3.21.12-8.2ubuntu0.2', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libprotoc32t64', 'pkgver': '3.21.12-8.2ubuntu0.2', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'php-google-protobuf', 'pkgver': '3.21.12-8.2ubuntu0.2', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'protobuf-compiler', 'pkgver': '3.21.12-8.2ubuntu0.2', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-protobuf', 'pkgver': '3.21.12-8.2ubuntu0.2', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'ruby-google-protobuf', 'pkgver': '3.21.12-8.2ubuntu0.2', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-4565']},
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    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libprotobuf32t64', 'pkgver': '3.21.12-10ubuntu0.1', 'cves': ['CVE-2024-7254', 'CVE-2025-4565']},
    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libprotoc-dev', 'pkgver': '3.21.12-10ubuntu0.1', 'cves': ['CVE-2024-7254', 'CVE-2025-4565']},
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  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
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    if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) flag++;
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}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'elpa-protobuf-mode / libprotobuf-dev / libprotobuf-java / etc');
}