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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