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openSUSE Security Update : ocaml (openSUSE-2018-559)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 110337

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for ocaml fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2018-9838: The caml_ba_deserialize function in byterun/bigarray.c in the standard library had 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. [bsc#1088591]

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected ocaml packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1088591

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 110337

File Name: openSUSE-2018-559.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/6/2018

Updated: 9/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-9838

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ocaml-compiler-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ocaml-emacs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ocaml-runtime-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ocaml-source, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ocaml-ocamldoc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ocaml-runtime, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ocaml-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ocaml-compiler-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ocaml, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ocaml-ocamldoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ocaml-x11, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ocaml-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ocaml-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-9838