CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-6051

Published: Nov 28, 2012 | Modified: Nov 29, 2012
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
5 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Google CityHash computes hash values without properly 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, as demonstrated by a universal multicollision attack.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cityhash Google - (including) - (including)
Cityhash Ubuntu oneiric *
Cityhash Ubuntu precise *
Cityhash Ubuntu quantal *
Cityhash Ubuntu raring *
Cityhash Ubuntu upstream *

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