Divide By Zero Affecting libhdf5_fortran_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi3-hpc package, versions <1.10.8-150200.8.4.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-LIBHDF5FORTRAN1108GNUOPENMPI3HPC-2853444
  • published2 Jun 2022
  • disclosed1 Jun 2022

Introduced: 1 Jun 2022

CVE-2018-17233  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 libhdf5_fortran_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi3-hpc to version 1.10.8-150200.8.4.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libhdf5_fortran_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi3-hpc package and not the libhdf5_fortran_1_10_8-gnu-openmpi3-hpc package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper() of H5Dchunk.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.