Bug 1634129 (CVE-2018-17436)

Summary: CVE-2018-17436 hdf5: invalid write access in ReadCode() in decompress.c
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Laura Pardo <lpardo>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: abhgupta, anto.trande, apevec, c.david86, chrisw, dakingun, dbaker, hbrock, igor.raits, jjoyce, jokerman, jschluet, jslagle, lhh, lpeer, markmc, mburns, orion, rbryant, sclewis, slinaber, sthangav, tdecacqu, trankin
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Bug Depends On: 1634133, 1634135, 1640857, 1640858, 1640859, 1640860, 1640861, 1640862    
Bug Blocks: 1634147    

Description Laura Pardo 2018-09-28 19:40:27 UTC
A flaw was found in HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library. The function ReadCode() in decompress.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write access) via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting a GIF file to an HDF file.


References:
https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln8#invalid-write-memory-access-in-decompressc

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-09-28 19:43:16 UTC
Created hdf5 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1634135]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1634133]