CVE-2011-4462

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2011-12-28
CWE:
CWE-407
Bugzilla:
781683: CVE-2011-4462 plone: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS (oCERT-2011-003)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Plone 4.1.3 and earlier computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters.

Find out more about CVE-2011-4462 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 conga Will not fix
Red Hat Cluster Suite 4AS conga Will not fix

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