CVE-2012-0877

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-07-08
CWE:
CWE-407
Bugzilla:
787109: CVE-2012-0877 PyXML: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS (oCERT-2011-003)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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Find out more about CVE-2012-0877 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of xerces as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

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 PyXML Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 PyXML Will not fix

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