JRuby before 1.6.5.1 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-12-30T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:16:34.943Z

Reserved: 2011-12-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-4838

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2011-12-30T01:55:01.500

Modified: 2021-01-12T14:30:28.590

Link: CVE-2011-4838

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2011-4838 - Bugzilla