From: Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201710-07 ] OCaml: Privilege escalation
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2017 10:05:21 -0400 [thread overview]
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201710-07
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: OCaml: Privilege escalation
Date: October 08, 2017
Bugs: #622544
ID: 201710-07
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in OCaml may allow local users to gain root privileges.
Background
==========
OCaml is a high-level, strongly-typed, functional, and object-oriented
programming language from the ML family of languages.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-lang/ocaml < 4.04.2 >= 4.04.2
Description
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A bad sanitization of environment variables: CAML_CPLUGINS,
CAML_NATIVE_CPLUGINS and CAML_BYTE_CPLUGINS in the OCaml compiler
allows the execution of raised privileges via external code.
Impact
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A local attacker, by using specially crafted environment variables,
could possibly escalate privileges to the root group.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All OCaml users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ocaml-4.04.2"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-9772
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9772
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-07
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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