Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2012-6051CVE-2012-6051
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
47.9%
Google CityHash 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.
References
2012.appsec-forum.ch/conferences/#c17
asfws12.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/asfws2012-jean_philippe_aumasson-martin_bosslet-hash_flooding_dos_reloaded.pdf
code.google.com/p/cityhash/source/browse/trunk/NEWS
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-6051
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6051
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6051
www.131002.net/data/talks/appsec12_slides.pdf
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6051
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
47.9%