Upstream information

CVE-2017-17507 at MITRE

Description

In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds read vulnerability in the function H5T_conv_struct_opt in H5Tconv.c in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash when someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 4.3 3.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network Local
Access Complexity Medium Medium
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact None Partial
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact Partial Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 6.5 4.4
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None Low
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact High Low
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1072093 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

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Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Bootstrap Kit 12 hdf5 Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Dec 11 07:19:14 2017
CVE page last modified: Mon Jan 16 18:33:55 2023