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MiracleLinux 7 : ocaml-4.01.0-22.7.el7 (AXSA:2016-530:01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 289492

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2016-530:01 advisory.

 Security issues fixed with this release:
 CVE-2015-8869 OCamel 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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/6929

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 289492

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2016-530.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8869

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ocaml-source, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ocaml-ocamldoc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ocaml-labltk-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ocaml-emacs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ocaml-labltk, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ocaml-camlp4, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ocaml, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ocaml-runtime, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ocaml-camlp4-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ocaml-x11, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ocaml-docs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ocaml-compiler-libs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8869