Rubinius computes hash values without properly 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, as demonstrated by a universal multicollision attack against the MurmurHash3 algorithm.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-5291 Rubinius computes hash values without properly 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, as demonstrated by a universal multicollision attack against the MurmurHash3 algorithm.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:05:47.238Z

Reserved: 2012-10-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-5372

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-11-28T13:03:10.217

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

Link: CVE-2012-5372

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