Add release note for HDFFV-11150 fix. (#1106)

* Add release note for HDFFV-11150 fix.

* Add note about gif tool CVEs.
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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
@ -1657,3 +1671,11 @@ 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