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Security checkApril 11, 2023

Denial of Service in protobufjs - protobufjs

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Description

Versions of protobufjs before 5.0.3 and 6.8.6 are vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when parsing crafted invalid *.proto files.

Recommendation

Update the protobufjs package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): **< 5.0.3 >= 6.0.0, < 6.8.6**
  • Patched version(s): **5.0.3 6.8.6**

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