CVE-2012-0876 (GCVE-0-2012-0876)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-07-03 19:00
Modified
2024-08-06 18:38
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The XML parser (xmlparse.c) in expat before 2.1.0 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 an XML file with many identifiers with the same value.
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/49504 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=110127&aid=3496608&group_id=10127 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1527-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://bugs.python.org/issue13703#msg151870 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/HT205637 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/51040 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52379 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2525 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:041 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://mail.libexpat.org/pipermail/expat-discuss/2012-March/002768.html mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/51024 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
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