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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37501
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in HDFGroup hdf5-h5dump 1.12.0 through 1.13.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via h5tools_str_sprint in /h...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in HDFGroup hdf5-h5dump 1.12.0 through 1.13.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via h5tools_str_sprint in /hdf5/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
hdf5
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:13
hdf5
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.14.5+repack-1"}]}]
Debian:14
hdf5
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.14.5+repack-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org