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@@ -66,7 +66,13 @@ New Features
that default ON/enabled.
Add configure options (autotools - CMake):
- enable-hltools HDF5_BUILD_HL_TOOLS
+ --enable-hltools HDF5_BUILD_HL_TOOLS
+
+ Disabling this option prevents building the gif tool which
+ contains the following CVEs:
+ HDFFV-10592 CVE-2018-17433
+ HDFFV-10593 CVE-2018-17436
+ HDFFV-11048 CVE-2020-10809
(ADB - 2021/09/16, HDFFV-11266)
@@ -1100,6 +1106,14 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.12.0 release
(ADB - 2021/03/03, #361)
+ - Fixed a segmentation fault
+
+ A segmentation fault occurred with a Mathworks corrupted file.
+
+ A detection of accessing a null pointer was added to prevent the problem.
+
+ (BMR - 2021/02/19, HDFFV-11150)
+
- Fixed issue with MPI communicator and info object not being
copied into new FAPL retrieved from H5F_get_access_plist
@@ -1118,6 +1132,17 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.12.0 release
(NAF - 2021/01/22)
+ - Fixed CVE-2018-17432
+
+ The tool h5repack produced a segfault on a corrupted file which had
+ invalid rank for scalar or NULL datatype.
+
+ The problem was fixed by modifying the dataspace encode and decode
+ functions to detect and report invalid rank. h5repack now fails
+ with an error message for the corrupted file.
+
+ (BMR - 2020/10/26, HDFFV-10590)
+
- Creation of dataset with optional filter
When the combination of type, space, etc doesn't work for filter
@@ -1447,7 +1472,11 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.12.0 release
High-Level Library
------------------
- -
+ - Fixed HL_test_packet, test for packet table vlen of vlen.
+
+ Incorrect length assignment.
+
+ (ADB - 2021/10/14)
Fortran High-Level APIs
@@ -1653,3 +1682,11 @@ The share folder will have the most differences because CMake builds include
a number of CMake specific files for support of CMake's find_package and support
for the HDF5 Examples CMake project.
+The issues with the gif tool are:
+ HDFFV-10592 CVE-2018-17433
+ HDFFV-10593 CVE-2018-17436
+ HDFFV-11048 CVE-2020-10809
+These CVE issues have not yet been addressed and can be avoided by not building
+the gif tool. Disable building the High-Level tools with these options:
+ autotools: --disable-hltools
+ cmake: HDF5_BUILD_HL_TOOLS=OFF