Out-of-bounds Write Affecting hdf5-gnu-openmpi4-hpc-devel package, versions <1.10.8-150300.4.6.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-SLES153-HDF5GNUOPENMPI4HPCDEVEL-3097118
  • published 2 Nov 2022
  • disclosed 1 Nov 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 hdf5-gnu-openmpi4-hpc-devel to version 1.10.8-150300.4.6.1 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 Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability exists in HDF5 1.13.1-1 via the H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper function in /hdf5/src/H5Dchunk.c, which causes a Denial of Service (context-dependent).

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

4.5 medium
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Red Hat

5.5 medium