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CVE-2011-4461 Detail

Description

Jetty 8.1.0.RC2 and earlier 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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0181.html CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143387688830075&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/47408 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48981 CVE, MITRE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934 CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf CVE, MITRE
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026475 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1429-1 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72017 CVE, MITRE
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0004/ CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-4461
NVD Published Date:
12/29/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
MITRE