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CVE-2016-4332 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2016-4332: The library's failure to check if certain message types support a particular flag, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will cast the structure to an alternative structure and then assign to fields that aren't supported by the message type and the library will write outside the bounds of the heap buffer. This ca

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2016-4332 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • hdf5→ fixed in1.10.0-patch1+docs-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y hdf5

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • hdf5→ fixed in1.10.0-patch1+docs-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y hdf5

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • hdf5→ fixed in1.10.0-patch1+docs-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y hdf5
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