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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 642f75c..e73f788 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -4,38 +4,30 @@ HDF5 version 1.10.3-snap1 currently under development INTRODUCTION -This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.10.1 and HDF5 1.10.2, and -contains information on the platforms tested and known problems in HDF5-1.10.1. -For more details check the HISTORY*.txt files in the HDF5 source. +This document describes the differences between this release and the previous +HDF5 release. It contains information on the platforms tested and known +problems in this release. For more details check the HISTORY*.txt files in the +HDF5 source. +Note that documentation in the links below will be updated at the time of each +final release. -Links to HDF5 1.10.1 source code, documentation, and additional materials can be found on The HDF5 web page at: +Links to HDF5 documentation can be found on The HDF5 web page: - https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/ + https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5/HDF5 -The HDF5 1.10.1 release can be obtained from: +The official HDF5 releases can be obtained from: - https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain5.html + https://www.hdfgroup.org/downloads/hdf5/ -User documentation for the snapshot can be accessed directly at this location: +Changes from Release to Release and New Features in the HDF5-1.10.x release series +can be found at: - https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/ - -New features in the HDF5-1.10.x release series, including brief general -descriptions of some new and modified APIs, are described in the "New Features -in HDF5 1.10" document: - -https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/docNewFeatures/index.html - -All new and modified APIs are listed in detail in the "HDF5 Software Changes -from Release to Release" document, in the section "Release 1.10.1 (current -release) versus Release 1.10.0 - - https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/ADGuide/Changes.html + https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5/HDF5+Application+Developer%27s+Guide If you have any questions or comments, please send them to the HDF Help Desk: - help@hdfgroup.org + help@hdfgroup.org CONTENTS @@ -54,18 +46,16 @@ New Features Configuration: ------------- - - - + - Library: -------- - - + - Parallel Library: ----------------- - - - + - Fortran Library: ---------------- @@ -76,7 +66,6 @@ New Features ------------ - - Java Library: ---------------- - @@ -110,7 +99,26 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.2 release Library ------- - - + - If an HDF5 file contains a malformed compound datatype with a + suitably large offset, the type conversion code can run off + the end of the type conversion buffer, causing a segmentation + fault. + + This issue was reported to The HDF Group as issue #CVE-2017-17507. + + NOTE: The HDF5 C library cannot produce such a file. This condition + should only occur in a corrupt (or deliberately altered) file + or a file created by third-party software. + + THE HDF GROUP WILL NOT FIX THIS BUG AT THIS TIME + + Fixing this problem would involve updating the publicly visible + H5T_conv_t function pointer typedef and versioning the API calls + which use it. We normally only modify the public API during + major releases, so this bug will not be fixed at this time. + + (DER - 2018/02/26, HDFFV-10356) + Configuration ------------- @@ -163,8 +171,8 @@ Supported Platforms Linux 3.10.0-327.10.1.el7 GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++) #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux compilers: - (kituo/moohan) Version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4) - Version 4.9.3, Version 5.2.0 + (kituo/moohan) Version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4) + Version 4.9.3, Version 5.2.0, Intel(R) C (icc), C++ (icpc), Fortran (icc) compilers: Version 17.0.0.098 Build 20160721 @@ -200,7 +208,11 @@ Supported Platforms Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 Apple clang/clang++ version 7.3.0 from Xcode 7.3 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 5.2.0 - (osx1010dev/osx1010test) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 16.0.2 + (osx1011dev/osx1011test) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 16.0.2 + + Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 Apple LLVM version 8.1.0 (clang/clang++-802.0.42) + 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 7.1.0 + (swallow/kite) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 17.0.2 Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 Apple LLVM version 8.1.0 (clang/clang++-802.0.42) 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 7.1.0 @@ -280,12 +292,11 @@ The following platforms are not supported but have been tested for this release. Linux 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7 GNU C (gcc) and C++ (g++) compilers #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux Version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4) - (jelly) with NAG Fortran Compiler Release 6.1(Tozai -) + (jelly) with NAG Fortran Compiler Release 6.1(Tozai) GCC Version 7.1.0 OpenMPI 3.0.0-GCC-7.2.0-2.29 Intel(R) C (icc) and C++ (icpc) compilers - Version 17.0.7.098 (Build 20160721) + Version 17.0.0.098 Build 20160721 with NAG Fortran Compiler Release 6.1(Tozai) Linux 3.10.0-327.10.1.el7 MPICH 3.2 compiled with GCC 5.3.0 |