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CVE-2012-0876 Detail

Description

The XML parser (xmlparse.c) in expat before 2.1.0 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 an XML file with many identifiers with the same value.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugs.python.org/issue13703#msg151870 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html Broken Link  Mailing List 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html Broken Link  Mailing List 
http://mail.libexpat.org/pipermail/expat-discuss/2012-March/002768.html Broken Link 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html Third Party Advisory 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/ Release Notes  Third Party Advisory 
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=110127&aid=3496608&group_id=10127 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2525 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:041 Broken Link 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52379 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1527-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2 Third Party Advisory 
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 Broken Link 
https://support.apple.com/HT205637 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-0876
NVD Published Date:
07/03/2012
NVD Last Modified:
08/05/2022
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.