| Name | CVE-2017-17508 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 884365 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| hdf5 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.8.13+docs-15+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1.10.0-patch1+docs-3+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.10.4+repack-10+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.10.6+repack-4+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.10.8+repack1-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.10.10+repack-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| hdf5 | source | (unstable) | 1.10.4+repack-1 | | | 884365 |
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