CVE-2012-5373
Description
Oracle Java SE 7 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7 and earlier, computes hash values without properly 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, as demonstrated by a universal multicollision attack against the MurmurHash3 algorithm, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2739.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- http://2012.appsec-forum.ch/conferences/#c17
- http://asfws12.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/asfws2012-jean_philippe_aumasson-martin_bosslet-hash_flooding_dos_reloaded.pdf
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2012-001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56673
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880705
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80299
- https://www.131002.net/data/talks/appsec12_slides.pdf
- http://2012.appsec-forum.ch/conferences/#c17
- http://asfws12.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/asfws2012-jean_philippe_aumasson-martin_bosslet-hash_flooding_dos_reloaded.pdf
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2012-001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56673
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880705
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80299
- https://www.131002.net/data/talks/appsec12_slides.pdf
CWEs
CWE-310
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.