USN-3437-1: OCaml vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3437-1 3rd October, 2017 ocaml vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary OCaml applications could be made to crash, expose sensitive information, or run programs. Software description ocaml – ML language implementation with a class-based object system Details Radek Micek discovered that OCaml incorrectly handled sign extensions. Aremote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using OCaml tocrash, to possibly obtain sensitive information, or to possibly executearbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: ocaml 4.01.0-3ubuntu3.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References CVE-2015-8869 Source: USN-3437-1: OCaml vulnerability