Out-of-bounds Read Affecting hdf5_1_10_11-gnu-openmpi3-hpc-devel package, versions <1.10.11-150400.3.17.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-HDF511011GNUOPENMPI3HPCDEVEL-7371922
  • published26 Jun 2024
  • disclosed25 Jun 2024

Introduced: 25 Jun 2024

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 hdf5_1_10_11-gnu-openmpi3-hpc-devel to version 1.10.11-150400.3.17.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hdf5_1_10_11-gnu-openmpi3-hpc-devel package and not the hdf5_1_10_11-gnu-openmpi3-hpc-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 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.