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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-17436

🗓️ 24 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus🔗 www.tenable.com👁 2 Views

Unpatched CVE-2018-17436 in HDF5; ReadCode in decompress.c allows DoS via crafted HDF5 file.

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ReporterTitlePublishedViews
Family
CNVD		HDF5 Denial of Service Vulnerability
25 Sep 201800:00
–cnvd
CVE		CVE-2018-17436
24 Sep 201814:00
–cve
Cvelist		CVE-2018-17436
24 Sep 201814:00
–cvelist
Debian CVE		CVE-2018-17436
24 Sep 201814:00
–debiancve
EUVD		EUVD-2018-9189
7 Oct 202500:30
–euvd
NVD		CVE-2018-17436
24 Sep 201814:29
–nvd
OpenVAS		openSUSE: Security Advisory for hdf5 (SUSE-SU-2022:1912-1)
3 Jun 202200:00
–openvas
OpenVAS		SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2022:1912-1)
2 Jun 202200:00
–openvas
OSV		DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17436
24 Sep 201814:29
–osv
OSV		ECHO-E8C4-F7E3-A4FC
15 Sep 202501:09
–osv
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  - ReadCode() in decompress.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of
    service (invalid write access) via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while converting a GIF
    file to an HDF file. (CVE-2018-17436)

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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "hdf5-helpers"},
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          {"reference": "libhdf5-jni"},
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  "Debian Linux-12": {
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        "pkgs": [
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          {"reference": "hdf5-tools"},
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          {"reference": "libhdf5-103-1"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-cpp-103"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-cpp-103-1"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libhdf5-doc"},
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    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-14.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
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        "release": "14.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "hdf5"}
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  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
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          {"reference": "hdf5"}
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    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
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        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "hdf5"}
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      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "20.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "hdf5"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
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    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "22.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "hdf5"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-25.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "25.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "hdf5"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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