Bug 2234888 (CVE-2020-18232)

Summary:	CVE-2020-18232 hdf5: Buffer Overflow in function H5S_close in H5S.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	eglynn, jjoyce, jschluet, jslagle, lhh, mburns, mgarciac, pgrist, rhos-maint, vinair
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in HDF5, which allows a local, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper bounds checking by the H5S_close function in H5S.c. By using a specially crafted file, an attacker can execute arbitrary code on the system.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2239445, 2234892, 2239444, 2239446
Bug Blocks:	2234894

Description Pedro Sampaio 2023-08-25 17:25:21 UTC

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function H5S_close in H5S.c in HDF5 1.10.4 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via creation of crafted file.

References:

https://github.com/winson2004aa/PAAFS/tree/master/vul2

Comment 2 Avinash Hanwate 2023-09-18 12:44:25 UTC

Created hdf5 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2239445]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2239444]
Affects: openstack-rdo [bug 2239446]

Comment 3 Vipul Nair 2023-12-10 17:41:26 UTC

changed the attack vector to network,as my understanding while this does require local authenticated account,it can still be exploited over the network.Please let me know if that is wrong.