{"id":"USN-4778-1","summary":"ocaml vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that OCaml mishandled sign extensions. A remote attacker\ncould use this vulnerability to steal sensitive information, cause a denial\nof service (crash), or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2015-8869)\n\nIt was discovered that OCaml mishandled crafted input. An attacker could\nuse this vulnerability to cause a denial of service or possibly execute\narbitrary code. 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