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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

Published Nov 28, 2012

Description

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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Remediation

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Weaknesses (1)

CWE-310

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 28, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Oct 10, 2012
Link CVE-2012-5372
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2012-5372
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2012-5372