| Name | CVE-2018-17437 |
| Description | Memory leak in the H5O_dtype_decode_helper() function in H5Odtype.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via 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) |
| References | DLA-3522-1, ELA-919-1 |
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 | fixed |
| 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 | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| hdf5 | source | stretch | 1.10.0-patch1+docs-3+deb9u2 | | ELA-919-1 | |
| hdf5 | source | buster | 1.10.4+repack-10+deb10u1 | | DLA-3522-1 | |
| hdf5 | source | (unstable) | 1.10.6+repack-2 | low | | |
Notes
[stretch] - hdf5 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - hdf5 <ignored> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln5#memory-leak-in-h5o_dtype_decode_helper
https://jira.hdfgroup.org/browse/HDFFV-10588
fixed in 1.10.5, release notes: https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.10/hdf5-1.10.5/src/hdf5-1.10.5-RELEASE.txt
https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/commits/02d03b4624122955ee3de635699a4e3880fea377