Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting hdf5 package, versions <1.10.6+repack-2
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- published20 Sept 2018
- disclosed20 Sept 2018
Introduced: 20 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-17234 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable hdf5 to version 1.10.6+repack-2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hdf5 package and not the hdf5 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
Memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted HDF5 file.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17234
- https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln3#memory-leak---h5o__chunk_deserialize_memory_leak
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-17234
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00009.html