Bug 1579955 (CVE-2018-11204)

Summary: CVE-2018-11204 hdf5: NULL pointer dereference in H5O__chunk_deserialize in H5Ocache.c
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Laura Pardo <lpardo>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: anto.trande, apevec, caolanm, c.david86, chrisw, dakingun, hbrock, jjoyce, jschluet, jslagle, lhh, lpeer, markmc, mburns, orion, rbryant, sclewis, slinaber, tdecacqu
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A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in HDF5 1.10.2 within the H5O__chunk_deserialize in H5Ocache.c. This could allow a remote denial of service attack.
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Bug Depends On: 1579947, 1579949, 1579964, 1584436, 1584437, 1584438, 1584439, 1584440, 1584441    
Bug Blocks: 1579966    
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-05-18 19:58:57 UTC 
A flaw was found in in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5O__chunk_deserialize in H5Ocache.c. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.


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https://github.com/Twi1ight/fuzzing-pocs/tree/master/hdf5
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-05-18 20:16:38 UTC 
Created hdf5 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1579947]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1579949]
Comment 3 Caolan McNamara 2018-05-21 12:24:18 UTC 
Created attachment 1439602 [details]
a plausible fix