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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 3110f8c..4644bcb 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -292,6 +292,12 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.1 release (VC - 2017/11/28, HDFFV-9947) + - H5Pset_evict_on_close in H5Pfapl.c + + Changed the minor error number from H5E_CANTSET to H5E_UNSUPPORTED for + parallel library. + (ADB - 2018/03/6, HDFFV-10414) + - filter plugin handling in H5PL.c and H5Z.c It was discovered that the dynamic loading process used by @@ -403,6 +409,63 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.1 release (RAW - 2017/12/01, HDFFV-10272) + - If an HDF5 file contains a filter pipeline message with a 'number of + filters' field that exceeds the maximum number of allowed filters, + the error handling code will attempt to dereference a NULL pointer. + + This issue was reported to The HDF Group as issue #CVE-2017-17505. + + 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. + + This problem arose because the error handling code assumed that + the 'number of filters' field implied that a dynamic array of that + size had already been created and that the cleanup code should + iterate over that array and clean up each element's resources. If + an error occurred before the array has been allocated, this will + not be true. + + This has been changed so that the number of filters is set to + zero on errors. Additionally, the filter array traversal in the + error handling code now requires that the filter array not be NULL. + + (DER - 2018/02/06, HDFFV-10354) + + - If an HDF5 file contains a filter pipeline message which contains + a 'number of filters' field that exceeds the actual number of + filters in the message, the HDF5 C library will read off the end of + the read buffer. + + This issue was reported to The HDF Group as issue #CVE-2017-17506. + + 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. + + The problem was fixed by passing the buffer size with the buffer + and ensuring that the pointer cannot be incremented off the end + of the buffer. A mismatch between the number of filters declared + and the actual number of filters will now invoke normal HDF5 + error handling. + + (DER - 2018/02/26, HDFFV-10355) + + - 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 ------------- - CMake |