USN-3437-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3437-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3437-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3437-1
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Published
2017-10-03T18:49:32.452654Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:30Z
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

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"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-8869"
        }
    ]
}