Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201983960000000
Revision Date:2019-02-17Version:1
Title:CVE-2019-8396 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description:A buffer overflow in H5O__layout_encode in H5Olayout.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.4 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HDF5 file. This issue was triggered while repacking an HDF5 file, aka "Invalid write of size 2."
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-8396
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND hdf5: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'reached end-of-life').
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