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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libhdf5_1_10_11-gnu-hpc package, versions <1.10.11-150400.3.17.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.09% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-SLES155-LIBHDF511011GNUHPC-7371802
  • published 26 Jun 2024
  • disclosed 25 Jun 2024
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Introduced: 25 Jun 2024

CVE-2017-17507 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 libhdf5_1_10_11-gnu-hpc to version 1.10.11-150400.3.17.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libhdf5_1_10_11-gnu-hpc package and not the libhdf5_1_10_11-gnu-hpc 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.