CVE-2012-0840
tables/apr_hash.c in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library through 1.4.5 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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2012-02-10
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Affected products
References
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/apr-commits/201201.mbox/%3C20120115003715.071D423888FD%40eris.apache.org%3E
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/08/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/09/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47862
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1231605&view=rev
- http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40apr.apache.org/msg24439.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40apr.apache.org/msg24472.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40apr.apache.org/msg24473.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:019
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73096
