01 Record
CVE-2011-4815
Ruby (aka CRuby) before 1.8.7-p357 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Ruby (aka CRuby) before 1.8.7-p357 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-12-30 01:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:16Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-12-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 79df9162eeeb39535ff4be1b760bd2a21e97f3c525faf32dd3e226e8332aa565
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com47405http://secunia.com/advisories/47405
- www.securitytracker.com1026474http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026474
- www.nruns.comhttp://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
- secunia.com47822http://secunia.com/advisories/47822
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:0070http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0070.html
- jvn.jpJVN#90615481http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90615481/index.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comruby-hash-dos(72020)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72020
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#903934http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934
- blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp[ruby-talk] 20111228 [ANN] ruby 1.8.7 patchlevel 357 releasedhttp://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/391606
- www.ruby-lang.orghttp://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/12/28/denial-of-service-attack-was-found-for-rubys-hash-algorithm/
- archives.neohapsis.com20111228 n.runs-SA-2011.004 - web programming languages and platforms - DoS through hash tablehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0181.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:0069http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0069.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2012-05-09-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
- jvndb.jvn.jpJVNDB-2012-000066http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2012/JVNDB-2012-000066.html
- www.ocert.orghttp://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html