Out-of-Bounds Affecting libhdf5_fortran_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi2-hpc package, versions <1.10.8-150000.8.7.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBHDF5FORTRAN1108GNUOPENMPI2HPC-3095035
  • published2 Nov 2022
  • disclosed1 Nov 2022

Introduced: 1 Nov 2022

CVE-2019-8396  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libhdf5_fortran_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi2-hpc to version 1.10.8-150000.8.7.1 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 buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.4 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while repacking an HDF5 file, aka "Invalid write of size 2."