CVE-2011-5034

Summary

CVECVE-2011-5034
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-12-30 01:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionApache Geronimo 2.2.1 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. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2011-4461.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Geronimo 1.0 All All All
Application Apache Geronimo 1.1 All All All
Application Apache Geronimo 1.1.1 All All All
Application Apache Geronimo 1.2 All All All
Application Apache Geronimo 2.0.1 All All All
Application Apache Geronimo 2.0.2 All All All
Application Apache Geronimo 2.1 All All All
Application Apache Geronimo 2.1.1 All All All
Application Apache Geronimo 2.1.2 All All All
Application Apache Geronimo 2.1.3 All All All
Application Apache Geronimo 2.1.4 All All All
Application Apache Geronimo 2.1.5 All All All
Application Apache Geronimo 2.1.6 All All All
Application Apache Geronimo 2.1.7 All All All
Application Apache Geronimo 2.1.8 All All All
Application Apache Geronimo 2.2 All All All
Application Apache Geronimo All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apache Geronimo Web Form Hash Collision Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org
HashCollision-DOS-POC/HashtablePOC.py at master · FireFart/HashCollision-DOS-POC · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
VU#903934 - Hash table implementations vulnerable to algorithmic complexity attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 996908 Java (Maven) Security Update for org.apache.geronimo:geronimo (GHSA-v3h8-rw48-h4gr)
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