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CVE-2017-9772

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.

Published

2017-06-23T20:29:00.207

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	ocaml	ocaml	4.04.0	Yes
Application	ocaml	ocaml	4.04.1	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99277 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7557 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-07 ([email protected])
https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/2017-06/msg00094.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99277 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7557 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-07 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/2017-06/msg00094.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)