| Name | CVE-2019-8396 |
| Description | A buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.4 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while repacking an HDF5 file, aka "Invalid write of size 2." |
| 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 | 1034838 |
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 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.10.6+repack-4+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.10.8+repack1-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.10.10+repack-4 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| hdf5 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1034838 |
Notes
[bookworm] - hdf5 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - hdf5 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - hdf5 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/magicSwordsMan/PAAFS/tree/master/vul4
https://jira.hdfgroup.org/browse/HDFFV-10712
HDFFV-10712 is marked to be closed in a future 1.10.8 upstream release.
Upstream fix was made in May 2021 after the 1.12.0 release (Mar 2020)
[stretch] - hdf5 <postponed> (Minor issue)