A heap-based buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting an HDF file to GIF file.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-017697 advisory.

    A heap-based buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library     allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while     converting an HDF file to GIF file.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A heap-based buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library     allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while     converting an HDF file to GIF file. (CVE-2018-17435)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

  - An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the
    function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c. (CVE-2018-13870)

  - An out of bounds read was discovered in H5O_fill_new_decode and H5O_fill_old_decode in H5Ofill.c in the
    HDF HDF5 1.10.2 library. It could allow a remote denial of service or information disclosure attack.
    (CVE-2018-11206)

  - An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a memcpy parameter overlap in the
    function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c. (CVE-2018-13869)

  - An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the
    function H5O_layout_decode in H5Olayout.c, related to HDmemcpy. (CVE-2018-14033)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:1933-1 advisory.

    Security issues fixed:

    - CVE-2020-10811: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O__layout_decode() located in     H5Olayout.c (bsc#1167405).
    - CVE-2020-10810: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in the function H5AC_unpin_entry() located in H5AC.c     (bsc#1167401).
    - CVE-2020-10809: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in the function Decompress() located in decompress.c     (bsc#1167404).
    - CVE-2018-17438: Fixed SIGFPE signal raise in the function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect.c (bsc#1109570).
    - CVE-2018-17437: Fixed memory leak in the H5O_dtype_decode_helper() function in H5Odtype.c.
    (bsc#1109569).
    - CVE-2018-17436: Fixed issue in ReadCode() in decompress.c that allowed attackers to cause a denial of     service via a crafted HDF5 file (bsc#1109568).
    - CVE-2018-17435: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr.c (bsc#1109567).
    - CVE-2018-17434: Fixed SIGFPE signal raise in function apply_filters() of h5repack_filters.c     (bsc#1109566).
    - CVE-2018-17433: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c (bsc#1109565).
    - CVE-2018-17432: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in H5O_sdspace_encode() in H5Osdspace.c (bsc#1109564).
    - CVE-2018-17237: Fixed SIGFPE signal raise in the function H5D__chunk_set_info_real() (bsc#1109168).
    - CVE-2018-17234: Fixed memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.c (bsc#1109167).
    - CVE-2018-17233: Fixed SIGFPE signal is raise in the function H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper     (bsc#1109166).
    - CVE-2018-14460: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_sdspace_decode in H5Osdspace.c     (bsc#1102175).
    - CVE-2018-14033: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_layout_decode in H5Olayout.c     (bsc#1101471).
    - CVE-2018-14032: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_fill_new_decode in H5Ofill.c     (bsc#1101474).
    - CVE-2018-13870: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c     (bsc#1101493).
    - CVE-2018-13869: Fixed memcpy parameter overlap in the function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c     (bsc#1101495).
    - CVE-2018-11207: Fixed division by zero was discovered in H5D__chunk_init in H5Dchunk.c (bsc#1093653).
    - CVE-2018-11206: Fixed out of bounds read in H5O_fill_new_decode and H5O_fill_old_decode in H5Ofill.c     (bsc#1093657).
    - CVE-2018-11204: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in H5O__chunk_deserialize in H5Ocache.c (bsc#1093655).
    - CVE-2018-11203: Fixed division by zero in H5D__btree_decode_key in H5Dbtree.c (bsc#1093649).
    - CVE-2018-11202: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c (bsc#1093641).
    - CVE-2017-17509: Fixed out of bounds write vulnerability in function H5G__ent_decode_vec (bsc#1072111).
    - CVE-2017-17508: Fixed divide-by-zero vulnerability in function H5T_set_loc (bsc#1072108).
    - CVE-2017-17506: Fixed out of bounds read in the function H5Opline_pline_decode (bsc#1072090).
    - CVE-2017-17505: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in the function H5O_pline_decode (bsc#1072087).

    Bugfixes:

    - Expand modules handling (bsc#1116458).
    - Fix default moduleversion link generation and deletion (bsc#1124509).
    - Set higher constraints for succesfull mpich tests (bsc#1133222).
    - Only build one examples package for all flavors, do not include dependencies as these would be flavor     specific (bsc#1088547).
    - Prepend PKG_CONFIG_PATH in modules file (bsc#1080426).
    - Validate Python 3 code (bsc#1082209).
    - Fix library link flags on pkg-config file for HPC builds (bsc#1134298).
    - Fix .so number in baselibs.conf for libhdf5_fortran libs (bsc#1169793).
    - Fix python-h5py packages built against out-of-date version of HDF5 (bsc#1196682).
    - Fix netcdf-cxx4 packages built against out-of-date version of HDF5 (bsc#1179521).
    - Make module files package arch dependent: it contains arch-dependent paths (bsc#1080442).
    - Disable %check stage for mpich builds on s390(x) (bsc#1080022).
    - Add build support for gcc10 to HPC build (bsc#1174439).
    - Fix summary in module files (bsc#1080259).
    - Append a newline to the shebang line prepended by the %hpc_shebang_prepend_list macro (bsc#1084951).
    - Temporarily disable make check for PowerPC (bsc#1058563).
    - Fix HPC library master packages dependency: make it require the correct flavor (bsc#1091237).
    - Add HPC support for gcc8 and gcc9 (jsc#SLE-7766 & jsc#SLE-8604).
    - Enable openmpi3 builds for Leap and SLE > 15.1 (jsc#SLE-7773).
    - HDF5 version Update to 1.10.5 (jsc#SLE-8501).
    - Add support for openmpi2 for HPC (FATE#325089).
    - Initial version (FATE#320596).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:1911-1 advisory.

    Security issues fixed:

    - CVE-2020-10811: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O__layout_decode() located in     H5Olayout.c (bsc#1167405).
    - CVE-2020-10810: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in the function H5AC_unpin_entry() located in H5AC.c     (bsc#1167401).
    - CVE-2020-10809: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in the function Decompress() located in decompress.c     (bsc#1167404).
    - CVE-2018-17438: Fixed SIGFPE signal raise in the function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect.c (bsc#1109570).
    - CVE-2018-17437: Fixed memory leak in the H5O_dtype_decode_helper() function in H5Odtype.c.
    (bsc#1109569).
    - CVE-2018-17436: Fixed issue in ReadCode() in decompress.c that allowed attackers to cause a denial of     service via a crafted HDF5 file (bsc#1109568).
    - CVE-2018-17435: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr.c (bsc#1109567).
    - CVE-2018-17434: Fixed SIGFPE signal raise in function apply_filters() of h5repack_filters.c     (bsc#1109566).
    - CVE-2018-17433: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c (bsc#1109565).
    - CVE-2018-17432: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in H5O_sdspace_encode() in H5Osdspace.c (bsc#1109564).
    - CVE-2018-17237: Fixed SIGFPE signal raise in the function H5D__chunk_set_info_real() (bsc#1109168).
    - CVE-2018-17234: Fixed memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.c (bsc#1109167).
    - CVE-2018-17233: Fixed SIGFPE signal is raise in the function H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper     (bsc#1109166).
    - CVE-2018-14460: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_sdspace_decode in H5Osdspace.c     (bsc#1102175).
    - CVE-2018-14033: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_layout_decode in H5Olayout.c     (bsc#1101471).
    - CVE-2018-14032: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_fill_new_decode in H5Ofill.c     (bsc#1101474).
    - CVE-2018-13870: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c     (bsc#1101493).
    - CVE-2018-13869: Fixed memcpy parameter overlap in the function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c     (bsc#1101495).
    - CVE-2018-11207: Fixed division by zero was discovered in H5D__chunk_init in H5Dchunk.c (bsc#1093653).
    - CVE-2018-11206: Fixed out of bounds read in H5O_fill_new_decode and H5O_fill_old_decode in H5Ofill.c     (bsc#1093657).
    - CVE-2018-11204: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in H5O__chunk_deserialize in H5Ocache.c (bsc#1093655).
    - CVE-2018-11203: Fixed division by zero in H5D__btree_decode_key in H5Dbtree.c (bsc#1093649).
    - CVE-2018-11202: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c (bsc#1093641).
    - CVE-2017-17509: Fixed out of bounds write vulnerability in function H5G__ent_decode_vec (bsc#1072111).
    - CVE-2017-17508: Fixed divide-by-zero vulnerability in function H5T_set_loc (bsc#1072108).
    - CVE-2017-17506: Fixed out of bounds read in the function H5Opline_pline_decode (bsc#1072090).
    - CVE-2017-17505: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in the function H5O_pline_decode (bsc#1072087).

    Bugfixes:

    - Expand modules handling (bsc#1116458).
    - Fix default moduleversion link generation and deletion (bsc#1124509).
    - Set higher constraints for succesfull mpich tests (bsc#1133222).
    - Fix library link flags on pkg-config file for HPC builds (bsc#1134298).
    - Fix .so number in baselibs.conf for libhdf5_fortran libs (bsc#1169793).
    - Fix python-h5py packages built against out-of-date version of HDF5 (bsc#1196682).
    - Fix netcdf-cxx4 packages built against out-of-date version of HDF5 (bsc#1179521).
    - Add build support for gcc10 to HPC build (bsc#1174439).
    - Add HPC support for gcc8 and gcc9 (jsc#SLE-7766 & jsc#SLE-8604).
    - Enable openmpi3 builds for Leap and SLE > 15.1 (jsc#SLE-7773).
    - HDF5 version Update to 1.10.5 (jsc#SLE-8501).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:1903-1 advisory.

    Security issues fixed:

    - CVE-2020-10811: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O__layout_decode() located in     H5Olayout.c (bsc#1167405).
    - CVE-2020-10810: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in the function H5AC_unpin_entry() located in H5AC.c     (bsc#1167401).
    - CVE-2020-10809: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in the function Decompress() located in decompress.c     (bsc#1167404).
    - CVE-2018-17438: Fixed SIGFPE signal raise in the function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect.c (bsc#1109570).
    - CVE-2018-17437: Fixed memory leak in the H5O_dtype_decode_helper() function in H5Odtype.c.
    (bsc#1109569).
    - CVE-2018-17436: Fixed issue in ReadCode() in decompress.c that allowed attackers to cause a denial of     service via a crafted HDF5 file (bsc#1109568).
    - CVE-2018-17435: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr.c (bsc#1109567).
    - CVE-2018-17434: Fixed SIGFPE signal raise in function apply_filters() of h5repack_filters.c     (bsc#1109566).
    - CVE-2018-17433: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c (bsc#1109565).
    - CVE-2018-17432: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in H5O_sdspace_encode() in H5Osdspace.c (bsc#1109564).
    - CVE-2018-17237: Fixed SIGFPE signal raise in the function H5D__chunk_set_info_real() (bsc#1109168).
    - CVE-2018-17234: Fixed memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.c (bsc#1109167).
    - CVE-2018-17233: Fixed SIGFPE signal is raise in the function H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper     (bsc#1109166).
    - CVE-2018-14460: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_sdspace_decode in H5Osdspace.c     (bsc#1102175).
    - CVE-2018-14033: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_layout_decode in H5Olayout.c     (bsc#1101471).
    - CVE-2018-14032: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_fill_new_decode in H5Ofill.c     (bsc#1101474).
    - CVE-2018-13870: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c     (bsc#1101493).
    - CVE-2018-13869: Fixed memcpy parameter overlap in the function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c     (bsc#1101495).
    - CVE-2018-11207: Fixed division by zero was discovered in H5D__chunk_init in H5Dchunk.c (bsc#1093653).
    - CVE-2018-11206: Fixed out of bounds read in H5O_fill_new_decode and H5O_fill_old_decode in H5Ofill.c     (bsc#1093657).
    - CVE-2018-11204: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in H5O__chunk_deserialize in H5Ocache.c (bsc#1093655).
    - CVE-2018-11203: Fixed division by zero in H5D__btree_decode_key in H5Dbtree.c (bsc#1093649).
    - CVE-2018-11202: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c (bsc#1093641).
    - CVE-2017-17509: Fixed out of bounds write vulnerability in function H5G__ent_decode_vec (bsc#1072111).
    - CVE-2017-17508: Fixed divide-by-zero vulnerability in function H5T_set_loc (bsc#1072108).
    - CVE-2017-17506: Fixed out of bounds read in the function H5Opline_pline_decode (bsc#1072090).
    - CVE-2017-17505: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in the function H5O_pline_decode (bsc#1072087).

    Bugfixes:

    - Fix library link flags on pkg-config file for HPC builds (bsc#1134298).
    - Fix .so number in baselibs.conf for libhdf5_fortran libs (bsc#1169793).
    - Fix python-h5py packages built against out-of-date version of HDF5 (bsc#1196682).
    - Fix netcdf-cxx4 packages built against out-of-date version of HDF5 (bsc#1179521).
    - Add build support for gcc10 to HPC build (bsc#1174439).
    - Add HPC support for gcc8 and gcc9 (jsc#SLE-7766 & jsc#SLE-8604).
    - Enable openmpi3 builds for Leap and SLE > 15.1 (jsc#SLE-7773).
    - HDF5 version Update to 1.10.5 (jsc#SLE-8501).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:1910-1 advisory.

    Security issues fixed:

    - CVE-2020-10811: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O__layout_decode() located in     H5Olayout.c (bsc#1167405).
    - CVE-2020-10810: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in the function H5AC_unpin_entry() located in H5AC.c     (bsc#1167401).
    - CVE-2020-10809: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in the function Decompress() located in decompress.c     (bsc#1167404).
    - CVE-2018-17438: Fixed SIGFPE signal raise in the function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect.c (bsc#1109570).
    - CVE-2018-17437: Fixed memory leak in the H5O_dtype_decode_helper() function in H5Odtype.c.
    (bsc#1109569).
    - CVE-2018-17436: Fixed issue in ReadCode() in decompress.c that allowed attackers to cause a denial of     service via a crafted HDF5 file (bsc#1109568).
    - CVE-2018-17435: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in H5O_attr_decode() in H5Oattr.c (bsc#1109567).
    - CVE-2018-17434: Fixed SIGFPE signal raise in function apply_filters() of h5repack_filters.c     (bsc#1109566).
    - CVE-2018-17433: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in ReadGifImageDesc() in gifread.c (bsc#1109565).
    - CVE-2018-17432: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in H5O_sdspace_encode() in H5Osdspace.c (bsc#1109564).
    - CVE-2018-17237: Fixed SIGFPE signal raise in the function H5D__chunk_set_info_real() (bsc#1109168).
    - CVE-2018-17234: Fixed memory leak in the H5O__chunk_deserialize() function in H5Ocache.c (bsc#1109167).
    - CVE-2018-17233: Fixed SIGFPE signal is raise in the function H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper     (bsc#1109166).
    - CVE-2018-14460: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_sdspace_decode in H5Osdspace.c     (bsc#1102175).
    - CVE-2018-14033: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_layout_decode in H5Olayout.c     (bsc#1101471).
    - CVE-2018-14032: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_fill_new_decode in H5Ofill.c     (bsc#1101474).
    - CVE-2018-13870: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in the function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c     (bsc#1101493).
    - CVE-2018-13869: Fixed memcpy parameter overlap in the function H5O_link_decode in H5Olink.c     (bsc#1101495).
    - CVE-2018-11207: Fixed division by zero was discovered in H5D__chunk_init in H5Dchunk.c (bsc#1093653).
    - CVE-2018-11206: Fixed out of bounds read in H5O_fill_new_decode and H5O_fill_old_decode in H5Ofill.c     (bsc#1093657).
    - CVE-2018-11204: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in H5O__chunk_deserialize in H5Ocache.c (bsc#1093655).
    - CVE-2018-11203: Fixed division by zero in H5D__btree_decode_key in H5Dbtree.c (bsc#1093649).
    - CVE-2018-11202: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c (bsc#1093641).
    - CVE-2017-17509: Fixed out of bounds write vulnerability in function H5G__ent_decode_vec (bsc#1072111).
    - CVE-2017-17508: Fixed divide-by-zero vulnerability in function H5T_set_loc (bsc#1072108).
    - CVE-2017-17506: Fixed out of bounds read in the function H5Opline_pline_decode (bsc#1072090).
    - CVE-2017-17505: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in the function H5O_pline_decode (bsc#1072087).

    Bugfixes:

    - Fix python-h5py packages built against out-of-date version of HDF5 (bsc#1196682).
    - Fix netcdf-cxx4 packages built against out-of-date version of HDF5 (bsc#1179521).
    - Add build support for gcc10 to HPC build (bsc#1174439).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
313952	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: hdf5 (UTSA-2026-017697)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
222150	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-17435	Nessus	Misc.	medium
404862	Alpine: java-hdf5, multiple hdf5 packages: security update to 1.12.1-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	critical
404862	Alpine: java-hdf5, multiple hdf5 packages: security update to 1.12.1-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	critical
172438	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : hdf5, suse-hpc (SUSE-SU-2022:1933-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
161819	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : hdf5, suse-hpc (SUSE-SU-2022:1911-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
161787	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : hdf5 (SUSE-SU-2022:1903-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
161785	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : hdf5 (SUSE-SU-2022:1910-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical

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