CVE-2012-0039

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2003-05-29
Bugzilla:
772720: CVE-2012-0039 glib2: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

** DISPUTED ** GLib 2.31.8 and earlier, when the g_str_hash function is used, 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. NOTE: this issue may be disputed by the vendor; the existence of the g_str_hash function is not a vulnerability in the library, because callers of g_hash_table_new and g_hash_table_new_full can specify an arbitrary hash function that is appropriate for the application.

Find out more about CVE-2012-0039 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 6 glib2 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 glib2 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 glib2 Will not fix

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