openEuler update for hdf5

Published: 2023-04-11

Risk	High
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2018-14031 CVE-2018-16438
CWE-ID	CWE-125
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	openEuler Operating systems & Components / Operating system hdf5-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component hdf5-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component hdf5-devel Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component hdf5 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	openEuler

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU36906

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14031

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5T_copy in H5T.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 20.03 LTS SP1 - 22.03 LTS

hdf5-debuginfo: before 1.12.1-2

hdf5-debugsource: before 1.12.1-2

hdf5-devel: before 1.12.1-2

hdf5: before 1.12.1-2

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2023-1208

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU36732