Ruby (aka CRuby) before 1.8.7-p357 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.
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-88-1 ruby1.8 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-263-1 ruby1.9.1 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4733 Ruby (aka CRuby) before 1.8.7-p357 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1377-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:16:35.050Z

Reserved: 2011-12-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-4815

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-12-30T01:55:01.437

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-4815

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-12-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-4815 - Bugzilla

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