UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8869

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8869
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8869.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8869
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Published
2016-06-13T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:32Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ocaml

Package

Name
ocaml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ocaml@4.01.0-3ubuntu3.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.01.0-3ubuntu3.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.12.1-4ubuntu1

4.*

4.01.0-3ubuntu2
4.01.0-3ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "camlp4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "camlp4-extra"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml-base"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml-base-nox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml-compiler-libs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml-interp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml-mode"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml-native-compilers"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml-nox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.01.0-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml-source"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / ocaml

Package

Name
ocaml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ocaml@4.02.3-5ubuntu2+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.02.3-5ubuntu2+esm1

Affected versions

4.*

4.01.0-4ubuntu1
4.02.3-5ubuntu1
4.02.3-5ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml-base"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml-base-nox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml-compiler-libs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml-interp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml-mode"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml-native-compilers"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml-nox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.02.3-5ubuntu2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "ocaml-source"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}