Name | CVE-2021-45830 |
Description | A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in HDF5 1.13.1-1 via H5F_addr_decode_len in /hdf5/src/H5Fint.c, which could cause a Denial of Service. |
Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
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hdf5 (PTS) | bullseye | 1.10.6+repack-4+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.10.8+repack1-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie, sid | 1.10.10+repack-4 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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hdf5 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/1314
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5h2h-fjjr-x9m2
https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/2228
https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/pull/2229
https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/commit/659bc99fd139e16fdf47b31b635f158b72e3f5a4
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