NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting hdf5-gnu-openmpi4-hpc-devel package, versions <1.10.8-150300.4.3.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.14% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-SLES153-HDF5GNUOPENMPI4HPCDEVEL-2856597
  • published 3 Jun 2022
  • disclosed 8 Jun 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 hdf5-gnu-openmpi4-hpc-devel to version 1.10.8-150300.4.3.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hdf5-gnu-openmpi4-hpc-devel package and not the hdf5-gnu-openmpi4-hpc-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

A NULL pointer dereference in H5O_sdspace_encode() in H5Osdspace.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file.