openSUSE Security Update: Security update for ocaml
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2018:1561-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1088591 
Cross-References:   CVE-2018-9838
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 42.3
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

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.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE Leap 42.3:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-559=1



Package List:

   - openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

      ocaml-4.03.0-4.6.1
      ocaml-compiler-libs-4.03.0-4.6.1
      ocaml-compiler-libs-devel-4.03.0-4.6.1
      ocaml-debuginfo-4.03.0-4.6.1
      ocaml-debugsource-4.03.0-4.6.1
      ocaml-docs-4.03.0-4.6.1
      ocaml-emacs-4.03.0-4.6.1
      ocaml-ocamldoc-4.03.0-4.6.1
      ocaml-ocamldoc-debuginfo-4.03.0-4.6.1
      ocaml-rpm-macros-4.03.0-4.6.1
      ocaml-runtime-4.03.0-4.6.1
      ocaml-runtime-debuginfo-4.03.0-4.6.1
      ocaml-source-4.03.0-4.6.1
      ocaml-x11-4.03.0-4.6.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-9838.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1088591

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