CVE-2012-0039
Publication date 14 January 2012
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
** DISPUTED ** 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.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
---|---|---|
glib2.0 | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored | |
Notes
mdeslaur
as of 2012-02-21, upstream has simply added a warning: http://git.gnome.org/browse/glib/commit/?id=030b3f25e3e5c018247e18bf309e0454ba138898 http://git.gnome.org/browse/glib/commit/?id=12060df9f17a48cd4c7fda27a0af70c17c308ad9 This CVE is disputed by upstream, we will not be fixing this issue in stable releases