UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9772

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9772
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9772.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9772
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:44:01Z
Published
2017-06-23T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:37:30Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ocaml

Package

Name
ocaml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ocaml@4.01.0-3ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.01.0-3ubuntu3

Affected versions

3.*
3.12.1-4ubuntu1
4.*
4.01.0-3ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "camlp4",
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "camlp4-extra",
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml",
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-base",
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-base-nox",
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-compiler-libs",
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-interp",
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-mode",
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-native-compilers",
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-nox",
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-source",
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9772.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ocaml

Package

Name
ocaml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ocaml@4.02.3-5ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.02.3-5ubuntu2

Affected versions

4.*
4.01.0-4ubuntu1
4.02.3-5ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml",
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-base",
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-base-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-base-nox",
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-base-nox-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-compiler-libs",
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-interp",
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-mode",
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-native-compilers",
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-native-compilers-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-nox",
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-nox-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-source",
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9772.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / ocaml

Package

Name
ocaml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ocaml@4.05.0-10ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.05.0-10ubuntu1

Affected versions

4.*
4.04.0-2ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml",
            "binary_version": "4.05.0-10ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-base",
            "binary_version": "4.05.0-10ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-base-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.05.0-10ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-base-nox",
            "binary_version": "4.05.0-10ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-base-nox-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.05.0-10ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-compiler-libs",
            "binary_version": "4.05.0-10ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-interp",
            "binary_version": "4.05.0-10ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-mode",
            "binary_version": "4.05.0-10ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-nox",
            "binary_version": "4.05.0-10ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-nox-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.05.0-10ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-source",
            "binary_version": "4.05.0-10ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9772.json"