CVE-2018-11202
published 2018-05-16CVE-2018-11202: A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service…
PriorityP425medium6.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.95%
78.0th percentile
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | hdf5 | < hdf5 1.10.4+repack-1 (bookworm) | hdf5 1.10.4+repack-1 (bookworm) |
| hdfgroup | hdf5 | — | — |
| hdfgroup | hdf5 | >= 0 < 1.10.4+repack-1 | 1.10.4+repack-1 |
| hdfgroup | hdf5 | >= 0 < 1.10.4+repack-1 | 1.10.4+repack-1 |
| hdfgroup | hdf5 | >= 0 < 1.10.4+repack-1 | 1.10.4+repack-1 |
| hdfgroup | hdf5 | >= 0 < 1.10.4+repack-1 | 1.10.4+repack-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.5LOW
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-hmfw-p4xx-rfx7: A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2018-11202 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 GHSA-hmfw-p4xx-rfx7: A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.
OSV
CVE-2018-11202: A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper
osv·2018-05-16·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-11202 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-11202: A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.
Red Hat
hdf5: NULL pointer dereference in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c
vendor_redhat·2018-05-16·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-11202 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 hdf5: NULL pointer dereference in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c
hdf5: NULL pointer dereference in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. This could allow a remote denial of service attack.
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Will not fix
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)) - Will not fix
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)) - Will not fix
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike)) - Will not fix
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)) - Fix deferred
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Li
Debian
CVE-2018-11202: hdf5 - A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c ...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-11202 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-11202: hdf5 - A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c ...
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.10.4+repack-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.10.4+repack-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.10.4+repack-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.10.4+repack-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.10.4+repack-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-11202 CVE-2018-11203 CVE-2018-11204 CVE-2018-11205 CVE-2018-11206 CVE-2018-11207 hdf5: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-05-18·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-11202 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-11202 CVE-2018-11203 CVE-2018-11204 CVE-2018-11205 CVE-2018-11206 CVE-2018-11207 hdf5: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-11202 CVE-2018-11203 CVE-2018-11204 CVE-2018-11205 CVE-2018-11206 CVE-2018-11207 hdf5: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
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When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-11202 CVE-2018-11203 CVE-2018-11204 CVE-2018-11205 CVE-2018-11206 CVE-2018-11207 hdf5: various flaws [epel-all]
bugzilla·2018-05-18·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-11202 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-11202 CVE-2018-11203 CVE-2018-11204 CVE-2018-11205 CVE-2018-11206 CVE-2018-11207 hdf5: various flaws [epel-all]
CVE-2018-11202 CVE-2018-11203 CVE-2018-11204 CVE-2018-11205 CVE-2018-11206 CVE-2018-11207 hdf5: various flaws [epel-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-11202 hdf5: NULL pointer dereference in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c
bugzilla·2018-05-18·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-11202 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-11202 hdf5: NULL pointer dereference in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c
CVE-2018-11202 hdf5: NULL pointer dereference in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c
A flaw was found in the HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.
References:
https://github.com/Twi1ight/fuzzing-pocs/tree/master/hdf5
Discussion:
Created hdf5 tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-all [bug 1579947]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1579949]
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Created attachment 1439597
a plausible fix
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This affects the hdf5 versions delivered by RHOS. However, there is very low likelihood that an attacker would be able to exploit this in a meaningful way through gnocchi.
Dependency trail.
gnocchi->python-pandas->python-tables->hdf5
By default RHOS:
https://access.redhat.com/docum
2018-05-16
Published