CVE-2018-17437

NameCVE-2018-17437
DescriptionMemory 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3522-1, ELA-919-1

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+deb9u2fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1.10.4+repack-10+deb10u1fixed
bullseye1.10.6+repack-4+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1.10.8+repack1-1fixed
trixie1.10.10+repack-5fixed
sid1.14.5+repack-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
hdf5sourcestretch1.10.0-patch1+docs-3+deb9u2ELA-919-1
hdf5sourcebuster1.10.4+repack-10+deb10u1DLA-3522-1
hdf5source(unstable)1.10.6+repack-2low

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

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