CVE-2012-0877 Denial of service in PyXML
Attackers can cause excessive CPU usage and denial of service in PyXML by exploiting hash table collisions.
- 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-2012-0877?
CVE-2012-0877 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 22 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
PyXML: Hash table collisions CPU usage Denial of Service
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0877?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Python Pyxml, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.
How do I fix CVE-2012-0877?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0877 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-2012-0877 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0877 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j6j7-qhw9-6j2g.