Improper Input Validation Affecting hdf5 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-HDF5-5248060
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed24 Sept 2018

Introduced: 24 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17434  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 hdf5.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hdf5 package and not the hdf5 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function apply_filters() of h5repack_filters.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library during an attempted parse of a crafted HDF file, because of incorrect protection against division by zero. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.