CVE-2011-4462

Plone < 4.1.3 - Denial of Service via Predictable Hash Collisions

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Plone 4.1.3 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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72018
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0181.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/47406

Scores

EPSS 0.0215
EPSS Percentile 80.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (50)
plone/plone 1.0
plone/plone 1.0.1
plone/plone 1.0.2
plone/plone 1.0.3
plone/plone 1.0.4
plone/plone 1.0.5
plone/plone 1.0.6
plone/plone 2.0
plone/plone 2.0.1
plone/plone 2.0.2
... and 40 more
Published Dec 30, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026