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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201701-13">
  <title>HDF5: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in HDF5 which could lead
    to the arbitrary execution of code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">hdf5</product>
  <announced>2017-01-02</announced>
  <revised count="1">2017-01-02</revised>
  <bug>601404</bug>
  <bug>601408</bug>
  <bug>601414</bug>
  <bug>601420</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sci-libs/hdf5" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.8.18</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.8.18</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>HDF5 technology suite includes a data model, library, and file format
      for storing and managing data.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities have been discovered
      in HDF5. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>An attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
      process via a maliciously crafted database file.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All HDF5 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sci-libs/hdf5-1.8.18"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4330">CVE-2016-4330</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4331">CVE-2016-4331</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4332">CVE-2016-4332</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4333">CVE-2016-4333</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-02T07:36:29Z">b-man</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-02T14:52:28Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>