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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-9838: OCaml: Arbitrary code execution

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-9838: OCaml: Arbitrary code execution

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/06/2018
Created
07/28/2020
Added
07/28/2020
Modified
07/28/2020

Description

The caml_ba_deserialize function in byterun/bigarray.c in the standard library in OCaml 4.06.0 has an integer overflow which, in situations where marshalled data is accepted from an untrusted source, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted object.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-lang-ocaml

References

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