Bug 1579960 (CVE-2018-11206) - CVE-2018-11206 hdf5: out of bounds read in H5O_fill_new_decode and H5O_fill_old_decode in H5Ofill.c
Summary: CVE-2018-11206 hdf5: out of bounds read in H5O_fill_new_decode and H5O_fill_o...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-11206
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 20:08 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2021-10-21 20:03 UTC (History)
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An out-of-bounds read flaw was discovered in H5O_fill_new_decode and H5O_fill_old_decode in H5Ofill.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. This could allow a remote denial of service or information disclosure attack.
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Last Closed: 2021-10-21 20:03:01 UTC
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a plausible fix (2.40 KB, application/mbox)
2018-05-21 12:34 UTC, Caolan McNamara
no flags Details

Description Laura Pardo 2018-05-18 20:08:49 UTC
A flaw was found in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. An out of bounds read was discovered in H5O_fill_new_decode and H5O_fill_old_decode in H5Ofill.c. It could allow a remote denial of service or information disclosure attack.


References:
https://github.com/Twi1ight/fuzzing-pocs/tree/master/hdf5

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-05-18 20:15:46 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 12:34:04 UTC
Created attachment 1439603 [details]
a plausible fix


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