CVE-2012-0839 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 consump...
MediumCVSS 5.0
EPSS 2.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/ocaml(Debian:12) | < 4.00.0~beta2-1 | 4.00.0~beta2-1 |
| debian/ocaml(Debian:13) | < 4.00.0~beta2-1 | 4.00.0~beta2-1 |
| debian/ocaml(Debian:14) | < 4.00.0~beta2-1 | 4.00.0~beta2-1 |
| inria ocaml | <= 3.12.1 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 1.07 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 2.02 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 2.04 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 2.99-alpha | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 3.00 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 3.01 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 3.02 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 3.03-alpha | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 3.04 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 3.05-beta | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 3.06 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 3.07 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 3.07-beta1 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 3.07-beta2 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 3.07-pl2 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 3.08 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 3.09 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 3.10 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 3.11 | No fix listed |
| inria ocaml | = 3.12 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2012-0839 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20120206 CVE request: Hash DoS vulnerability (ocert-2011-003) mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20120206 Re: CVE request: Hash DoS vulnerability (ocert-2011-003) mailing-list
- 47853 third-party-advisory
- [caml-list] 20111230 Hashtbl and security mailing-list
- [caml-list] 20111230 Re: Hashtbl and security mailing-list
- www.nruns.com
- www.ocert.org
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking