CVE-2015-8869

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-04-28

Description

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

See more information about CVE-2015-8869 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.4	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (libguestfs)	ELSA-2017-0564	2017-03-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (ocaml)	ELSA-2017-0565	2017-03-27
Oracle Linux version 7 (libguestfs)	ELSA-2016-2576	2016-11-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (ocaml)	ELSA-2016-1296	2016-06-23
Oracle VM version 3.3 (ocaml)	OVMSA-2017-0049	2017-03-29
Oracle VM version 3.4 (ocaml)	OVMSA-2017-0049	2017-03-29

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