CVE-2011-5036

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-5036
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-12-30 01:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionRack before 1.1.3, 1.2.x before 1.2.5, and 1.3.x before 1.3.6 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.0 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.1 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.2 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.3 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.4 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.0 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.1 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.2 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.3 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.4 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.5 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org
VU#903934 - Hash table implementations vulnerable to algorithmic complexity attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2783-1 librack-ruby af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Best 7 Best Internet Security Software in 2019 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.nruns.com
gist:52bbc6b9cc19ce330829 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gist.github.com Exploit
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