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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libhdf5_hl_cpp-gnu-openmpi3-hpc package, versions <1.10.11-150400.3.12.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.15% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-SLES155-LIBHDF5HLCPPGNUOPENMPI3HPC-6255839
  • published 21 Feb 2024
  • disclosed 20 Feb 2024
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Introduced: 20 Feb 2024

CVE-2018-11202 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 libhdf5_hl_cpp-gnu-openmpi3-hpc to version 1.10.11-150400.3.12.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libhdf5_hl_cpp-gnu-openmpi3-hpc package and not the libhdf5_hl_cpp-gnu-openmpi3-hpc package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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SUSE

3.3 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low