CVE-2011-5036
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.039 · 90 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Rack before 1.1.3, 1.2.x before 1.2.5, and 1.3.x before 1.3.6 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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (17)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-v6j3-7jrw-hq2pRack Gem Subject to Denial of Service via Hash Collisions2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
Rack before 1.1.3, 1.2.x before 1.2.5, and 1.3.x before 1.3.6 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.
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sources
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references (16)
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- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934cnnvd
- http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdfcnnvd
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.htmlcnnvd
- https://gist.github.com/52bbc6b9cc19ce330829cnnvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0181.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2783enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934enisa_euvd
- http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdfenisa_euvd
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