CVE-2015-8869
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2015-8869 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2016-06-13 19:59:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-200
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Fedoraproject | Fedora | 24 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Fedoraproject | Fedora | 24 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ocaml | Ocaml | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.2 | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | rhn.redhat.com | |
| OCaml: Buffer overflow and information disclosure (GLSA 201702-15) — Gentoo Security | GENTOO | security.gentoo.org | |
| Oracle Linux Bulletin - July 2016 | CONFIRM | www.oracle.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | access.redhat.com | |
| openSUSE-SU-2016:1335-1: moderate: Security update for ocaml | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | |
| oss-security - buffer overflow and information leak in OCaml < 4.03.0 | MLIST | www.openwall.com | |
| oss-security - Re: buffer overflow and information leak in OCaml < 4.03.0 | MLIST | www.openwall.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: ocaml-4.02.3-3.fc24 | FEDORA | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| fix PR#7003 and a few other bugs caused by misuse of Int_val · ocaml/ocaml@659615c · GitHub | CONFIRM | github.com | |
| openSUSE-SU-2016:2273-1: moderate: Security update for ocaml | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | rhn.redhat.com | |
| OCaml CVE-2015-8869 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities | BID | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | rhn.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 710485 Gentoo Linux OCaml Buffer overflow and information disclosure Vulnerability (GLSA 201702-15)