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FreeBSD: VID-91E039ED-D689-11E6-9171-14DAE9D210B8 (CVE-2016-4331): hdf5 -- multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-91E039ED-D689-11E6-9171-14DAE9D210B8 (CVE-2016-4331): hdf5 -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/17/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/10/2017
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

When decoding data out of a dataset encoded with the H5Z_NBIT decoding, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will fail to ensure that the precision is within the bounds of the size leading to arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-hdf5
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-hdf5-18

References

  • DLA-771-1
  • DSA-3727
  • CVE-2016-4331

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