CVE-2020-10810

NameCVE-2020-10810
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function H5AC_unpin_entry() located in H5AC.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
hdf5 (PTS)bullseye1.10.6+repack-4+deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm1.10.8+repack1-1fixed
trixie, sid1.10.10+repack-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
hdf5source(unstable)1.10.8+repack-1unimportant

Notes

https://github.com/Loginsoft-Research/hdf5-reports/tree/master/Vuln_3
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-in-h5ac-c-hdf5-1-13-0/
Negligible security impact, malicous scientific data has more issues than a crash...
Fixed in 1.10.x-series in 1.10.8 https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/release-of-hdf5-1-10-8-newsletter-180/9108

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