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Debian: CVE-2018-17437: hdf5 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-17437: hdf5 -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/24/2018
Created
08/10/2023
Added
08/10/2023
Modified
08/10/2023

Description

Memory leak in the H5O_dtype_decode_helper() function in H5Odtype.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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-hdf5

References

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