CVE-2021-45830

NameCVE-2021-45830
DescriptionA 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.
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+repack1-1vulnerable
trixie, sid1.10.10+repack-4vulnerable

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
hdf5source(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
Negligible security impact, malicous scientific data has more issues than a crash...

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