Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libhdf5hl_fortran_1_10_11-gnu-mpich-hpc package, versions <1.10.11-150300.4.16.15


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-LIBHDF5HLFORTRAN11011GNUMPICHHPC-7919419
  • published6 Sept 2024
  • disclosed5 Sept 2024

Introduced: 5 Sep 2024

CVE-2017-17507  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 libhdf5hl_fortran_1_10_11-gnu-mpich-hpc to version 1.10.11-150300.4.16.15 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libhdf5hl_fortran_1_10_11-gnu-mpich-hpc package and not the libhdf5hl_fortran_1_10_11-gnu-mpich-hpc package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds read vulnerability in the function H5T_conv_struct_opt in H5Tconv.c in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash when someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.