SB2018092014 - Multiple vulnerabilities in HDF5



SB2018092014 - Multiple vulnerabilities in HDF5

Published: September 20, 2018 Updated: March 9, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2018092014
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 10
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 10 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17438)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a division by zero error in the H5D__select_io() function of H5Dselect.c in the HDF HDF5. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted HDF file and perform a denial of service attack.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17437)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in the H5O_dtype_decode_helper() function in H5Odtype.c in the HDF HDF5. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted HDF5 file and perform a denial of service attack.


3) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17436)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the ReadCode() function in decompress.c in the HDF HDF5. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening specially crafted HDF file, trigger out-of-bounds write, and perform a denial of service attack.


4) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17435)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the H5O_attr_decode() function in H5Oattr.c in the HDF HDF5 when converting an HDF file to GIF file. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted HDF5 file and perform a denial of service attack.


5) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17434)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a division by zero error in the function apply_filters() of h5repack_filters.c in the HDF HDF5. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening specially crafted HDF file and perform a denial of service attack.


6) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17433)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c in the HDF HDF5 when converting a GIF file to an HDF file. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted HDF5 file and perform a denial of service attack.


7) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17432)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in H5O_sdspace_encode() in H5Osdspace.c in the HDF HDF5. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening specially crafted HDF5 file and perform a denial of service attack.


8) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17237)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a division by zero error in the function H5D__chunk_set_info_real() of H5Dchunk.c in the HDF HDF5. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted HDF file and perform a denial of service attack.


9) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17234)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.c in the HDF HDF5. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted HDF5 file and perform a denial of service attack.


10) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17233)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a division by zero error in the H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper()  function of H5Dchunk.c in the HDF HDF5 . A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening specially crafted HDF file and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References