CVE-2012-3514 Information

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.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/50311 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:107 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55114 https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0266