MGASA-2019-0124 - Updated ocaml packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 05 Apr 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0124.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-9838

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. (CVE-2018-9838)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22948
- - https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088591
- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9838

SRPMS:
- 6/core/ocaml-4.02.3-6.1.mga6

Mageia 2019-0124: ocaml security update

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 a...

Summary

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. (CVE-2018-9838)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22948

- - https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088591

- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9838

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0124 - Updated ocaml packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/ocaml-4.02.3-6.1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 05 Apr 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0124.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-9838

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