CVE-2017-17508

NameCVE-2017-17508
DescriptionIn 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs884365

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
hdf5 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.8.13+docs-15+deb8u1vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch1.10.0-patch1+docs-3+deb9u2vulnerable
buster1.10.4+repack-10fixed
buster (security)1.10.4+repack-10+deb10u1fixed
bullseye1.10.6+repack-4+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1.10.8+repack1-1fixed
trixie1.10.10+repack-3fixed
sid1.10.10+repack-3.2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
hdf5source(unstable)1.10.4+repack-1884365

Notes

[stretch] - hdf5 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - hdf5 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - hdf5 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
POC: https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/hdf5/1-hdf5-divbyzero-H5T_set_loc
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/hdf5/readme.md
https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/commits/0a7128c0d5bd035288be7b02ca9cf9bba321aadd

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