An ocaml update has been released for openSUSE Leap 42.3 to address an integer overflow in the caml_ba_deserialize function. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted object.

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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