CVE-2012-0039 Information

Description

LICENSE README.md cvefilelist cvelist nvdcve nvdpages.sh scripts test-CVE-2017-1882.markdown test-CVE-2017-18822.markdown tmpvendorlinks DISPUTED LICENSE README.md cvefilelist cvelist nvdcve nvdpages.sh scripts test-CVE-2017-1882.markdown test-CVE-2017-18822.markdown tmpvendorlinks GLib 2.31.8 and earlier when the g_str_hash function is used 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 crafted input to an application that maintains a hash table. NOTE: this issue may be disputed by the vendor; the existence of the g_str_hash function is not a vulnerability in the library because callers of g_hash_table_new and g_hash_table_new_full can specify an arbitrary hash function that is appropriate for the application.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=655044 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2003-May/msg00111.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/10/12 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772720