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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 30b148a..ad06d40 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -209,6 +209,23 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.20 (DER - 2018/02/26, HDFFV-10357) + - If an HDF5 file contains a malformed symbol table node that declares + it contains more symbols than it actually contains, the library + can run off the end of the metadata cache buffer while processing + the symbol table node. + + This issue was reported to The HDF Group as issue #CVE-2017-17509. + + 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. + + Performing bounds checks on the buffer while processing fixes the + problem. Instead of the segmentation fault, the normal HDF5 error + handling is invoked. + + (DER - 2018/03/12, HDFFV-10358) + Configuration ------------- - CMake |