Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libhdf5-gnu-hpc package, versions <1.10.8-150300.4.3.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.55% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-SLES153-LIBHDF5GNUHPC-2855505
  • published 3 Jun 2022
  • disclosed 8 Jun 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 libhdf5-gnu-hpc to version 1.10.8-150300.4.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libhdf5-gnu-hpc package and not the libhdf5-gnu-hpc package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out of bounds read was discovered in H5O_fill_new_decode and H5O_fill_old_decode in H5Ofill.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service or information disclosure attack.