USN-4778-1: OCaml vulnerabilities

15 March 2021

Several security issues were fixed in ocaml.

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Releases

Packages

  • ocaml - ML language implementation with a class-based object system

Details

It was discovered that OCaml mishandled sign extensions. A remote attacker
could use this vulnerability to steal sensitive information, cause a denial
of service (crash), or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2015-8869)

It was discovered that OCaml mishandled crafted input. An attacker could
use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-9838)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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