Divide By Zero Affecting libhdf5_hl-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
0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBHDF5HLGNUOPENMPI2HPC-2858145
  • published3 Jun 2022
  • disclosed2 Jun 2022

Introduced: 2 Jun 2022

CVE-2018-17438  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libhdf5_hl-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_hl-gnu-openmpi2-hpc package and not the libhdf5_hl-gnu-openmpi2-hpc package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect.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.