Name | CVE-2016-4331 |
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. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-771-1, DSA-3727-1 |
Debian Bugs | 845301 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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hdf5 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.8.13+docs-15+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1.10.0-patch1+docs-3+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.10.4+repack-10+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.10.6+repack-4+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.10.8+repack1-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 1.10.10+repack-5 | fixed |
| sid | 1.14.5+repack-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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hdf5 | source | wheezy | 1.8.8-9+deb7u1 | | DLA-771-1 | |
hdf5 | source | jessie | 1.8.13+docs-15+deb8u1 | | DSA-3727-1 | |
hdf5 | source | (unstable) | 1.10.0-patch1+docs-1 | | | 845301 |
Notes
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0177/
Fixed by: https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/commits/e1c4ec3d541eecda78b3afcb1a0fa071c4b52afa
Fixed by: https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/commits/43ec23616697ce0ea3f99e40900fec55fe9107ef