NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libhdf5_fortran_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi2-hpc package, versions <1.10.8-150000.8.4.3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBHDF5FORTRAN1108GNUOPENMPI2HPC-2856915
  • published3 Jun 2022
  • disclosed2 Jun 2022

Introduced: 2 Jun 2022

CVE-2018-11204  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (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.

A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5O__chunk_deserialize in H5Ocache.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.