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CentOS Linux: CVE-2015-8869: Moderate: libguestfs security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2015-8869: Moderate: libguestfs security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/22/2016
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

OCaml 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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-libguestfs
  • centos-upgrade-libguestfs-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libguestfs-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libguestfs-java
  • centos-upgrade-libguestfs-java-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libguestfs-javadoc
  • centos-upgrade-libguestfs-tools
  • centos-upgrade-libguestfs-tools-c
  • centos-upgrade-ocaml
  • centos-upgrade-ocaml-camlp4
  • centos-upgrade-ocaml-camlp4-devel
  • centos-upgrade-ocaml-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-ocaml-docs
  • centos-upgrade-ocaml-emacs
  • centos-upgrade-ocaml-labltk
  • centos-upgrade-ocaml-labltk-devel
  • centos-upgrade-ocaml-libguestfs
  • centos-upgrade-ocaml-libguestfs-devel
  • centos-upgrade-ocaml-ocamldoc
  • centos-upgrade-ocaml-runtime
  • centos-upgrade-ocaml-source
  • centos-upgrade-ocaml-x11
  • centos-upgrade-perl-sys-guestfs
  • centos-upgrade-python-libguestfs
  • centos-upgrade-ruby-libguestfs

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