CVE-2012-3514 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service via CPU consumption in the OCaml Xml-Light library by triggering predictable hash collisions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-3514?
CVE-2012-3514 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Aug 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-310
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3514?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nicolas Cannasse Ocaml Xml-Light Library.
How do I fix CVE-2012-3514?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2012-3514 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3514 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3514, GHSA-9qfm-wr78-fpq2.