UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8869

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8869

    Published: 13 Jun 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8869

    Summary:

    Details: OCaml before 4.03.0 does not properly handle sign extensions, which allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks or obtain sensitive information as demonstrated by a long string to the String.copy function.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8869, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3437-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8869, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4778-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ocaml

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.01.0-3ubuntu3.1

    Affected versions

    3.12.1-4ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High