Bug 1579951 (CVE-2018-11203) - CVE-2018-11203 hdf5: division by zero in H5D__btree_decode_key in H5Dbtree.c
Summary: CVE-2018-11203 hdf5: division by zero in H5D__btree_decode_key in H5Dbtree.c
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-11203
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1579947 1579949 1579964 1584436 1584437 1584438 1584439 1584440 1584441
Blocks: 1579966
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-05-18 19:51 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2021-10-21 20:04 UTC (History)
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A division by zero flaw was found in H5D__btree_decode_key in H5Dbtree.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. This could allow a remote denial of service attack.
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Last Closed: 2021-10-21 20:04:16 UTC
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a plausible fix (1.70 KB, patch)
2018-05-21 12:19 UTC, Caolan McNamara 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-05-18 19:51:21 UTC 
A flaw was found in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. A division by zero was discovered in H5D__btree_decode_key in H5Dbtree.c. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.


References:
https://github.com/Twi1ight/fuzzing-pocs/tree/master/hdf5
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-05-18 20:17:05 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 12:19:14 UTC 
Created attachment 1439598 [details]
a plausible fix
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