NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libhdf5-gnu-hpc package, versions <1.10.8-150300.4.6.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.12% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-SLES153-LIBHDF5GNUHPC-3096562
  • published 2 Nov 2022
  • disclosed 1 Nov 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 libhdf5-gnu-hpc to version 1.10.8-150300.4.6.1 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 issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function H5F_get_nrefs() located in H5Fquery.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

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

3.3 low
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Red Hat

5.5 medium