usn-4817-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-03-15 21:54
Modified
2026-06-29 10:52
Summary
hdf5 vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that HDF5 incorrectly handled certain hdf5 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.


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              "id": "CVE-2017-17505",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-17506",
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                {
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                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-17508",
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                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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                }
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          ],
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        }
      },
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        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
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          },
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          },
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          },
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      },
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      ]
    },
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                },
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-17506",
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                },
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                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-17508",
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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                },
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                }
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          ],
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        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "hdf5-helpers",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "hdf5-tools",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-10",
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-cpp-11",
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpich-10",
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-openmpi-10",
            "binary_version": "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "hdf5",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/hdf5@1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
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        "1.8.16+docs-2",
        "1.8.16+docs-3",
        "1.8.16+docs-3ubuntu1",
        "1.8.16+docs-4",
        "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1",
        "1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1"
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                },
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              "id": "CVE-2017-17506",
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                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
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              "id": "CVE-2017-17508",
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                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
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        }
      },
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        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "hdf5-helpers",
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "hdf5-tools",
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-100",
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-cpp-100",
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-java",
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-jni",
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-mpich-100",
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libhdf5-openmpi-100",
            "binary_version": "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "hdf5",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/hdf5@1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/bionic"
      },
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            },
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.10.0-patch1+docs-4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that HDF5 incorrectly handled certain hdf5 files. An\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\n",
  "id": "USN-4817-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-29T10:52:49Z",
  "published": "2021-03-15T21:54:14Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4817-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17505"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17506"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17508"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "hdf5 vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17505",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17506",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17508"
  ]
}



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