CVE-2017-9772

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Ocaml

First reported 7 years ago

2017-06-23 20:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Ocaml 4.04.0

4.04.0

Ocaml 4.04.1

4.04.1

References

99277

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7557

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

GLSA-201710-07

https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/2017-06/msg00094.html

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

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