Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting ocaml-batteries package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-OCAMLBATTERIES-326152
  • published14 Dec 2017
  • disclosed14 Dec 2017

Introduced: 14 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17519  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 ocaml-batteries.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ocaml-batteries package and not the ocaml-batteries package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

batteriesConfig.mlp in OCaml Batteries Included (aka ocaml-batteries) 2.6 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL.