USN-3437-1

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    USN-3437-1

    Published: 3 Oct 2017Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: ocaml vulnerability

    Details: Radek Micek discovered that OCaml incorrectly handled sign extensions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using OCaml to crash, to possibly obtain sensitive information, or to possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3437-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8869

    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
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High