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authorDana Robinson <derobins@hdfgroup.org>2018-02-27 04:16:13 (GMT)
committerDana Robinson <derobins@hdfgroup.org>2018-02-27 04:16:13 (GMT)
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Fix for HDFFV-10357 (CVE-2017-17508).
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@@ -232,6 +232,21 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.1 release
(DER - 2017/11/21, HDFFV-10330)
+ - If an HDF5 file contains a malformed compound type which contains
+ a member of size zero, a division by zero error will occur while
+ processing the type.
+
+ This issue was reported to The HDF Group as issue #CVE-2017-17508.
+
+ NOTE: The HDF5 C library cannot produce such a file. This condition
+ should only occur in a corrupt (or deliberately altered) file
+ or a file created by third-party software.
+
+ Checking for zero before dividing fixes the problem. Instead of the
+ division by zero, the normal HDF5 error handling is invoked.
+
+ (DER - 2018/02/26, HDFFV-10357)
+
Configuration
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- CMake