Scientific Linux Security Update : ocaml on SL7.x x86_64 (20160623)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 92031

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Security Fix(es) :

- OCaml versions 4.02.3 and earlier have a runtime bug that, on 64-bit platforms, causes size arguments to internal memmove calls to be sign- extended from 32- to 64-bits before being passed to the memmove function.
This leads to arguments between 2GiB and 4GiB being interpreted as larger than they are (specifically, a bit below 2^64), causing a buffer overflow. Further, arguments between 4GiB and 6GiB are interpreted as 4GiB smaller than they should be, causing a possible information leak. (CVE-2015-8869)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 92031

File Name: sl_20160623_ocaml_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/13/2016

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:brlapi, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:brlapi-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:brlapi-java, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:brltty, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:brltty-at-spi, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:brltty-docs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:brltty-xw, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:graphviz, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:graphviz-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:graphviz-doc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:graphviz-gd, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:graphviz-graphs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:graphviz-guile, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:graphviz-java, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:graphviz-lua, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:graphviz-ocaml, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:graphviz-perl, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:graphviz-php, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:graphviz-python, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:graphviz-ruby, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:graphviz-tcl, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:hivex, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:hivex-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-brlapi, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-calendar, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-calendar-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-camlp4, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-camlp4-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-compiler-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-csv, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-csv-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-curses, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-curses-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-docs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-emacs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-extlib, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-extlib-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-fileutils, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-fileutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-findlib, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-findlib-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-gettext, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-gettext-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-hivex, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-hivex-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-labltk, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-labltk-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-libguestfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-libvirt, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-libvirt-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-ocamldoc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-runtime, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-source, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-x11, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-xml-light, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-xml-light-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-hivex, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:python-brlapi, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:python-hivex, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ruby-hivex, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tcl-brlapi, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8869

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