Cryptographic Issues Affecting ruby1.9.1 package, versions <1.9.3.0-1ubuntu2.5


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.67% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-RUBY191-321096
  • published28 Nov 2012
  • disclosed28 Nov 2012

Introduced: 28 Nov 2012

CVE-2012-5371  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 ruby1.9.1 to version 1.9.3.0-1ubuntu2.5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby1.9.1 package and not the ruby1.9.1 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Ruby (aka CRuby) 1.9 before 1.9.3-p327 and 2.0 before r37575 computes hash values without properly 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, as demonstrated by a universal multicollision attack against a variant of the MurmurHash2 algorithm, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4815.

CVSS Scores

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