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Echo: hdf5: security update to 1.14.5+repack-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457783

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in HDFGroup hdf5-h5dump 1.12.0 through 1.13.0 allows attackers to cause a
 denial of service via h5tools_str_sprint in /hdf5/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c. (CVE-2021-37501)

Solution

Update the hdf5 library and its related packages to version 1.14.5+repack-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2021-37501

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 457783

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-37501

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-37501