SB20220720128 - Ubuntu update for hdf5
Published: July 20, 2022 Updated: October 31, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17233)
CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a division by zero error in the H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper() function of H5Dchunk.c in the HDF HDF5 . A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening specially crafted HDF file and perform a denial of service attack.
2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17234)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.c in the HDF HDF5. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted HDF5 file and perform a denial of service attack.
3) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17237)
CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a division by zero error in the function H5D__chunk_set_info_real() of H5Dchunk.c in the HDF HDF5. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted HDF file and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.