CVE-2012-3514

high

Description

OCaml Xml-Light Library before r234 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 unspecified vectors.

References

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0266

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55114

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/2

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:107

http://secunia.com/advisories/50311

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-08-25

Updated: 2014-02-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High