CVE-2011-4838
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 30, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 15, 2011
Description
JRuby before 1.6.5.1 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
- http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
- jruby-hash-dos(72019)vdb-entry
- http://jruby.org/2011/12/27/jruby-1-6-5-1.html
- 50084third-party-advisory
- 47407third-party-advisory
- VU#903934third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2012:1232vendor-advisory
- 20111228 n.runs-SA-2011.004 - web programming languages and platforms - DoS through hash tablemailing-list
- GLSA-201207-06vendor-advisory
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
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