microsoft / microsoft/durabletask-java

durabletask-java: google protobuf version 3.12.0 vulnerability

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Description

In our azure app, we are noticing a warning message for our orchestrator. We did some diagnostics that pointed us to protobuf-java version 3.12.0 as the culprit. According to synk, this version is vulnerable to DOS attacks. They recommend at least upgrading to version 3.25.5 - https://security.snyk.io/package/maven/com.google.protobuf%3Aprotobuf-java/3.12.0

More specifically, in durabletask-java/azurefunctions/build.gradle, it looks like line 12 uses version 3.12.0. The maven website also lists the vulnerable library in the POM file - https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.microsoft/durabletask-azure-functions/overview

I cannot confirm that this only spot that needs fixing so a deeper dive should be done before pushing the fix. I also got some chat gpt recommendations to look into durabletask-protobuf, but I can't confirm if this library is a dependency anywhere so I won't be reporting an issue in that repository at this time.

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Start in durabletask-java/azurefunctions/build.gradle at the version referenced near line 12, then inspect the project dependencies and generated POM to find every protobuf-java reference. Verify that the vulnerable 3.12.0 dependency is upgraded to at least 3.25.5 and confirm the resulting dependency metadata no longer reports the vulnerable version.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
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Newbie friendliness
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