Bug 1634132 (CVE-2018-17437) - CVE-2018-17437 hdf5: memory leak in H5O_dtype_decode_helper() in H5Odtype.c
Summary: CVE-2018-17437 hdf5: memory leak in H5O_dtype_decode_helper() in H5Odtype.c
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-17437
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1634137 1634136 1640857 1640858 1640859 1640860 1640861 1640862
Blocks: 1634147
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Reported: 2018-09-28 19:42 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2021-10-25 22:18 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-10-25 22:18:52 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-09-28 19:42:55 UTC 
A flaw was found in HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library. A memory leak in the H5O_dtype_decode_helper() function in H5Odtype.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted HDF5 file.


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https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/tree/master/HDF5/vuln5#memory-leak-in-h5o_dtype_decode_helper
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-09-28 19:44:00 UTC 
Created hdf5 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1634137]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1634136]
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