CVE-2017-9772
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2017-9772 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2017-06-23 20:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCaml CVE-2017-9772 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| caml-list - [Caml-list] OCaml release 4.04.2 - arc | CONFIRM | sympa.inria.fr | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| OCaml: Privilege escalation (GLSA 201710-07) — Gentoo security | GENTOO | security.gentoo.org | |
| local privilege escalation issue with ocaml binaries · Issue #7557 · ocaml/ocaml · GitHub | CONFIRM | caml.inria.fr | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 710435 Gentoo Linux OCaml Privilege escalation Vulnerability (GLSA 201710-07)