CVE-2012-1150 (GCVE-0-2012-1150)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-05 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 18:45
VLAI
Summary
Python before 2.6.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, 3.x before 3.1.5, and 3.2.x before 3.2.3 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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1085 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/51089 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://python.org/download/releases/2.6.8/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://python.org/download/releases/2.7.3/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Date Public
2011-12-29 00:00
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