Out-of-Bounds Affecting ocaml-ocamldoc package, versions <0:3.11.2-5.el6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.31% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-OCAMLOCAMLDOC-2514657
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed13 Jun 2016

Introduced: 13 Jun 2016

CVE-2015-8869  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 ocaml-ocamldoc to version 0:3.11.2-5.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-0565.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ocaml-ocamldoc package and not the ocaml-ocamldoc package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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