CVE-2011-4838
JRuby before 1.6.5.1 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU
02 Description
JRuby before 1.6.5.1 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU
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
- 4.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.5% 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
- 2011-12-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4924d261a5233869316de76f0afa5d5bad30ffe37ec454d776e9cef6050974a9
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.nruns.comhttp://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comjruby-hash-dos(72019)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72019
- jruby.orghttp://jruby.org/2011/12/27/jruby-1-6-5-1.html
- secunia.com50084http://secunia.com/advisories/50084
- secunia.com47407http://secunia.com/advisories/47407
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#903934http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1232http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1232.html
- 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
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201207-06http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-06.xml
- www.ocert.orghttp://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- jruby Fixed in 1.5.6-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- jruby Fixed in 1.5.6-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- jruby Fixed in 1.5.6-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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