Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libhdf5_hl-gnu-mvapich2-hpc 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
    0.13% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-SLES153-LIBHDF5HLGNUMVAPICH2HPC-3095601
  • published 2 Nov 2022
  • disclosed 1 Nov 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 libhdf5_hl-gnu-mvapich2-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_hl-gnu-mvapich2-hpc package and not the libhdf5_hl-gnu-mvapich2-hpc package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.10.3 library. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function H5S_extent_get_dims() in H5S.c. Specifically, this issue occurs while converting an HDF5 file to a GIF file.