Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libhdf5_fortran_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi2-hpc package, versions <1.10.8-150000.8.4.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBHDF5FORTRAN1108GNUOPENMPI2HPC-2855951
  • published3 Jun 2022
  • disclosed2 Jun 2022

Introduced: 2 Jun 2022

CVE-2017-17506  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libhdf5_fortran_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi2-hpc to version 1.10.8-150000.8.4.3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libhdf5_fortran_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi2-hpc package and not the libhdf5_fortran_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi2-hpc package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds read vulnerability in the function H5Opline_pline_decode in H5Opline.c in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash when someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.