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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17434

A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function apply_filters() of h5repack_filters.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library during an attempted parse of a...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function apply_filters() of h5repack_filters.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library during an attempted parse of a crafted HDF file, because of incorrect protection against division by zero. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 hdf5

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.10.6+repack-2"}]}]

Debian:13 hdf5

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.10.6+repack-2"}]}]

Debian:14 hdf5

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.10.6+repack-2"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org