Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201817438000
Revision Date:2018-09-24Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-17438 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description:A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__select_io() of H5Dselect.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library during an attempted parse of a crafted HDF file, because of incorrect protection against division by zero. It could allow a remote denial of service attack.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-17438
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND The vulnerability of the 'hdf5' package in cosmic is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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