NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libhdf5-gnu-openmpi3-hpc package, versions <1.10.8-150200.8.4.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.22% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-LIBHDF5GNUOPENMPI3HPC-2850875
  • published2 Jun 2022
  • disclosed1 Jun 2022

Introduced: 1 Jun 2022

CVE-2017-17505  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 libhdf5-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-gnu-openmpi3-hpc package and not the libhdf5-gnu-openmpi3-hpc package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In HDF5 1.10.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the function H5O_pline_decode in the H5Opline.c file in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash when someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.