Divide By Zero Affecting hdf5 package, versions <1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.22% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-HDF5-370596
  • published11 Dec 2017
  • disclosed11 Dec 2017

Introduced: 11 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17508  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 hdf5 to version 1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hdf5 package and not the hdf5 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In HDF5 1.10.1, there is a divide-by-zero vulnerability in the function H5T_set_loc in the H5T.c file in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash when someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.