CVE-2011-3414 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via CPU exhaustion by sending crafted form parameters that trigger predictable hash collisions in ASP.NET.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2011-3414?

CVE-2011-3414 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 30 Dec 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The CaseInsensitiveHashProvider.getHashCode function in the HashTable implementation in the ASP.NET subsystem in Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1, 2.0 SP2, 3.5 SP1, 3.5.1, and 4.0 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, aka "Collisions in HashTable May Cause DoS Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3414?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2011-3414?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-3414 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2011-3414 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3414 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Windows 7 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-95wq-73j6-rm8c.

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