Out-of-bounds Read Affecting petsc-gnu-openmpi3-hpc-devel package, versions <3.14.5-150300.3.4.4


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-PETSCGNUOPENMPI3HPCDEVEL-7919685
  • published6 Sept 2024
  • disclosed5 Sept 2024

Introduced: 5 Sep 2024

CVE-2018-11205  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 petsc-gnu-openmpi3-hpc-devel to version 3.14.5-150300.3.4.4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream petsc-gnu-openmpi3-hpc-devel package and not the petsc-gnu-openmpi3-hpc-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

A out of bounds read was discovered in H5VM_memcpyvv in H5VM.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service or information disclosure attack.