CVE-2012-0841

CVE Details

Release Date:	2012-02-21
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

libxml2 before 2.8.0 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 crafted XML data.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (libxml2)	ELSA-2012-0324	2012-02-21
Oracle Linux version 6 (libxml2)	ELSA-2012-0324	2012-02-21
Oracle Linux version 6 (mingw32-libxml2)	ELSA-2013-0217	2013-01-31