| Name | CVE-2015-8869 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-466-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 824139 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ocaml (PTS) | bullseye | 4.11.1-4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.13.1-4 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 5.2.0-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ocaml | source | wheezy | 3.12.1-4+deb7u1 | | DLA-466-1 | |
| ocaml | source | (unstable) | 4.02.3-9 | | | 824139 |
Notes
[jessie] - ocaml <no-dsa> (Minor issue; can be fixed via point release and sheduling binNMUs there)
https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/commit/659615c7b100a89eafe6253e7a5b9d84d0e8df74#diff-a97df53e3ebc59bb457191b496c90762
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/1
Ocaml applications using the patched functions need to be recompiled with the
fixed ocaml version.