Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017175060000000
Revision Date:2017-12-11Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-17506 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds read vulnerability in the function H5Opline_pline_decode in H5Opline.c in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash when someone opens a crafted hdf5 file. It was discovered that HDF5 incorrectly handled certain hdf5 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-17506
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND hdf5 package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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