NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libhdf5hl_fortran_1_10_11-gnu-mpich-hpc package, versions <1.10.11-150300.4.16.15


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
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-7919594
  • published6 Sept 2024
  • disclosed5 Sept 2024

Introduced: 5 Sep 2024

CVE-2018-11202  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (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.

A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.

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