CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-45829

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Published: Jan 03, 2022 | Modified: Jan 11, 2022
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.5 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

HDF5 1.13.1-1 is affected by: segmentation fault, which causes a Denial of Service.

Weakness

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Hdf5 Hdfgroup 1.13.1-1 (including) 1.13.1-1 (including)
Hdf5 Ubuntu bionic *
Hdf5 Ubuntu hirsute *
Hdf5 Ubuntu impish *
Hdf5 Ubuntu kinetic *
Hdf5 Ubuntu lunar *
Hdf5 Ubuntu mantic *
Hdf5 Ubuntu trusty *
Hdf5 Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Hdf5 Ubuntu xenial *
Insighttoolkit5 Ubuntu kinetic *
Insighttoolkit5 Ubuntu lunar *
Insighttoolkit5 Ubuntu mantic *
Insighttoolkit5 Ubuntu trusty *
Insighttoolkit5 Ubuntu xenial *
Paraview Ubuntu bionic *
Paraview Ubuntu hirsute *
Paraview Ubuntu impish *
Paraview Ubuntu kinetic *
Paraview Ubuntu lunar *
Paraview Ubuntu mantic *
Paraview Ubuntu trusty *
Paraview Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

  • Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

References