UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17234

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17234
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17234.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17234
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-09-20T06:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:02Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Memory leak in the H5O_chunkdeserialize() function in H5Ocache.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted HDF5 file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / hdf5

Package

Name
hdf5
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/hdf5@1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2

Affected versions

1.*

1.8.11-3ubuntu1
1.8.11-5ubuntu1
1.8.11-5ubuntu2
1.8.11-5ubuntu6
1.8.11-5ubuntu7
1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1
1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "hdf5-helpers"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "hdf5-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-7"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpi-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpich2-7"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpich2-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-openmpi-7"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-openmpi-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-serial-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / hdf5

Package

Name
hdf5
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/hdf5@1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2

Affected versions

1.*

1.8.15-patch1+docs-4
1.8.15-patch1+docs-5
1.8.16+docs-1
1.8.16+docs-2
1.8.16+docs-3
1.8.16+docs-3ubuntu1
1.8.16+docs-4
1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1
1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1
1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "hdf5-helpers"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "hdf5-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-10"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-cpp-11"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpi-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpich-10"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpich-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-openmpi-10"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-openmpi-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-serial-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / hdf5

Package

Name
hdf5
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/hdf5@1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2

Affected versions

1.*

1.10.0-patch1+docs-4
1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "hdf5-helpers"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "hdf5-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-100"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-cpp-100"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-jni"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpi-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpich-100"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpich-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-openmpi-100"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-openmpi-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-serial-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / hdf5

Package

Name
hdf5
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/hdf5@1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.10.4+repack-10
1.10.4+repack-11
1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "hdf5-helpers"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "hdf5-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-103"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-cpp-103"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-jni"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpi-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpich-103"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpich-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-openmpi-103"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.4+repack-11ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-openmpi-dev"
        }
    ]
}