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CVE-2024-29162: 
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

HDF5 through versions 1.13.3 and/or 1.14.2 contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the H5HG_read function. This vulnerability was discovered and fixed in HDF5 version 1.14.4, released on April 15, 2024 (HDF Group).

Technical details

The vulnerability is identified as a stack buffer overflow in the H5HG_read function of HDF5. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.4 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating local access is required but no privileges are needed (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability can result in denial of service conditions or potentially lead to code execution on affected systems (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires local access and high attack complexity, but no privileges or user interaction. While the technical details suggest potential for exploitation, there are currently no public reports of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to HDF5 version 1.14.4 or later, which contains fixes for this vulnerability along with several other security issues (HDF Group).

Additional resources

Linux Distribution fix status

Fix availability across major Linux distributions and their releases.

Debian

Fixed

bookworm

hdf5

Affected

bullseye

hdf5

Affected

sid

hdf5: 1.14.5+repack-1

Fixed

trixie

hdf5: 1.14.5+repack-1

Fixed

Source: This report was generated using AI

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