CVE-2011-4815
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 30, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 14, 2011
Description
Ruby (aka CRuby) before 1.8.7-p357 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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 47405third-party-advisory
- 1026474vdb-entry
- http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
- 47822third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2012:0070vendor-advisory
- JVN#90615481third-party-advisory
- ruby-hash-dos(72020)vdb-entry
- VU#903934third-party-advisory
- [ruby-talk] 20111228 [ANN] ruby 1.8.7 patchlevel 357 releasedmailing-list
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/12/28/denial-of-service-attack-was-found-for-rubys-hash-algorithm/
- 20111228 n.runs-SA-2011.004 - web programming languages and platforms - DoS through hash tablemailing-list
- RHSA-2012:0069vendor-advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- APPLE-SA-2012-05-09-1vendor-advisory
- JVNDB-2012-000066third-party-advisory
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
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