CVE - CVE-2012-2739

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-2739	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Oracle Java SE before 7 Update 6, and OpenJDK 7 before 7u6 build 12 and 8 before build 39, 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.
References
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MISC:VU#903934 URL:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934 MISC:[core-libs-dev] 20120522 Review Request CR#7118743 : Alternative Hashing for String with Hash-based Maps URL:http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2012-May/010238.html MISC:[oss-security] 20120615 CVE request: java hashdos vulnerability URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/12 MISC:[oss-security] 20120616 Re: CVE request: java hashdos vulnerability URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/17/1 MISC:http://armoredbarista.blogspot.de/2012/02/investigating-hashdos-issue.html URL:http://armoredbarista.blogspot.de/2012/02/investigating-hashdos-issue.html MISC:http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf URL:http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf MISC:http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html URL:http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750533 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750533
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120514	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120514)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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