SB2017062617 - Fedora 26 update for ocaml



SB2017062617 - Fedora 26 update for ocaml

Published: June 26, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2017062617
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9772)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Insufficient sanitisation in the OCaml compiler versions 4.04.0 and 4.04.1 allows external code to be executed with raised privilege in binaries marked as setuid, by setting the CAML_CPLUGINS, CAML_NATIVE_CPLUGINS, or CAML_BYTE_CPLUGINS environment variable.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.