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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : OCaml vulnerabilities (USN-4778-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183175

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4778-1 advisory.

 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)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4778-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183175

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4778-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-9838

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ocaml-native-compilers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ocaml-mode, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:camlp4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ocaml-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ocaml, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ocaml-nox, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ocaml-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ocaml-interp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:camlp4-extra, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ocaml-compiler-libs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ocaml-base-nox

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8869, CVE-2018-9838

USN: 4778-1