CVE-2012-0839 (GCVE-0-2012-0839)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-02-08 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 18:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
OCaml 3.12.1 and earlier computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted input to an application that maintains a hash table.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.mail-archive.com/caml-list%40inria.fr/… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/47853 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.mail-archive.com/caml-list%40inria.fr/… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/07/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/07/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2011-12-30 00:00
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