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CVE-2012-0839
Published: Feb 8, 2012
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
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[caml-list] 20111230 Hashtbl and security
mailing-list
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47853
third-party-advisory
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[caml-list] 20111230 Re: Hashtbl and security
mailing-list
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[oss-security] 20120206 Re: CVE request: Hash DoS vulnerability (ocert-2011-003)
mailing-list
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[oss-security] 20120206 CVE request: Hash DoS vulnerability (ocert-2011-003)
mailing-list
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http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
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