Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title HDF5: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201701-13 First vendor Publication 2017-01-02
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2017-01-02
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in HDF5 which could lead to the arbitrary execution of code.

Background

HDF5 technology suite includes a data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data.

Description

Multiple arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities have been discovered in HDF5. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

An attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process via a maliciously crafted database file.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All HDF5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-libs/hdf5-1.8.18"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-4330 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4330
[ 2 ] CVE-2016-4331 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4331
[ 3 ] CVE-2016-4332 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4332
[ 4 ] CVE-2016-4333 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4333

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-13

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201701-13.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
25 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)
25 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2017-01-04 Oracle Outside In Technology image export use after free attempt
RuleID : 41109 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2017-01-04 Oracle Outside In Technology image export use after free attempt
RuleID : 41108 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2016-11-17 HDF5 new object modification time out of bounds write attempt
RuleID : 40810 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2016-11-17 HDF5 new object modification time out of bounds write attempt
RuleID : 40809 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2016-11-17 HDF5 symbol table message out of bounds write attempt
RuleID : 40808 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2016-11-17 HDF5 symbol table message out of bounds write attempt
RuleID : 40807 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2016-11-17 HDF5 object modification time out of bounds write attempt
RuleID : 40806 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2016-11-17 HDF5 object modification time out of bounds write attempt
RuleID : 40805 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2016-11-17 HDF5 H5O_dtype_decode_helper heap buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 40804 - Revision : 6 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2016-11-17 HDF5 H5O_dtype_decode_helper heap buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 40803 - Revision : 6 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2016-11-17 HDF5 H5Z_NBIT filter heap buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 40802 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2016-11-17 HDF5 H5Z_NBIT filter heap buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 40801 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2016-11-17 HDF5 msg_dtype H5T_ARRAY heap buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 40794 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2016-11-17 HDF5 msg_dtype H5T_ARRAY heap buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 40793 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2016-11-17 HDF5 msg_dtype H5T_ARRAY heap buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 40792 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2016-11-17 HDF5 msg_dtype H5T_ARRAY heap buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 40791 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OTHER

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-01-10 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_91e039edd68911e6917114dae9d210b8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-03 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-771.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-03 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-13.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-28 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-3477b592e3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-01 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3727.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2017-01-04 13:23:10
  • Multiple Updates
2017-01-02 17:24:27
  • First insertion