Bug 2172361 (CVE-2022-25972)

Summary:	CVE-2022-25972 hdf5: HDF5 Group libhdf5 gif2h5 out-of-bounds write vulnerability
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	eglynn, hbrock, jjoyce, jslagle, lhh, mburns, mgarciac, rhos-maint, spower
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the hdf5 package. A specially-crafted GIF file can lead to code execution. This flaw allows an attacker to provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2023-02-22 16:37:14 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2172421, 2172420, 2172422
Bug Blocks:	2172266

Description Avinash Hanwate 2023-02-22 05:51:23 UTC

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the gif2h5 functionality of HDF5 Group libhdf5 1.10.4. A specially-crafted GIF file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1485

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2023-02-22 10:48:19 UTC

Created hdf5 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2172421]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2172420]
Affects: openstack-rdo [bug 2172422]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-02-22 16:37:12 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-25972