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FreeBSD : hdf5 -- multiple vulnerabilities (91e039ed-d689-11e6-9171-14dae9d210b8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96369

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Talos Security reports :

- CVE-2016-4330 (TALOS-2016-0176) - HDF5 Group libhdf5 H5T_ARRAY Code Execution Vulnerability

- CVE-2016-4331 (TALOS-2016-0177) - HDF5 Group libhdf5 H5Z_NBIT Code Execution Vulnerability

- CVE-2016-4332 (TALOS-2016-0178) - HDF5 Group libhdf5 Shareable Message Type Code Execution Vulnerability

- CVE-2016-4333 (TALOS-2016-0179) - HDF5 Group libhdf5 H5T_COMPOUND Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2016/11/hdf5-vulns.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?3c2d67c1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96369

File Name: freebsd_pkg_91e039edd68911e6917114dae9d210b8.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Published: 1/10/2017

Updated: 1/6/2026

Supported Sensors: 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: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:hdf5-18, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:hdf5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2016

Reference Information

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