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
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
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 ↗