Unexpected Sign Extension Affecting ocaml-runtime package, versions <0:3.11.2-5.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.21% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-OCAMLRUNTIME-1509878
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Apr 2016

Introduced: 28 Apr 2016

CVE-2015-8869  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-194  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 ocaml-runtime to version 0:3.11.2-5.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:0565.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ocaml-runtime package and not the ocaml-runtime package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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

version 3.1