CVE-2012-0839 | BDVDB-2026-49055 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
- http://www.mail-archive.com/caml-list%40inria.fr/msg01477.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47853
- http://www.mail-archive.com/caml-list%40inria.fr/msg01478.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/07/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/07/1
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.