CVE-2011-5036

rubygem-rack: hash table collisions DoS (oCERT-2011-003)

Published Dec 30, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2783-1 librack-ruby security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2783-2 librack-ruby regression update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-5298 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v6j3-7jrw-hq2p Rack Gem Subject to Denial of Service via Hash Collisions
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 12:23 AM
Reserved
Dec 29, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 30, 2011, 1:55 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:35 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 28, 2011, 12:00 AM