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Debian DLA-771-1 : hdf5 security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 96187

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Cisco Talos discovered that hdf5, a file format and library for storing scientific data, contained several vulnerabilities that could lead to arbitrary code execution when handling untrusted data.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.8-9+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your hdf5 packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/12/msg00048.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/hdf5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96187

File Name: debian_DLA-771.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2017

Updated: 1/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4333

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hdf5-helpers, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhdf5-serial-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hdf5-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhdf5-mpich2-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhdf5-7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhdf5-openmpi-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhdf5-7-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhdf5-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhdf5-openmpi-7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhdf5-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhdf5-mpi-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhdf5-mpich2-7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhdf5-openmpi-7-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhdf5-mpich2-7-dbg

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/31/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4330, CVE-2016-4331, CVE-2016-4332, CVE-2016-4333