CVE-2012-0839

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CVE-2012-0839

Summary:

Details: OCaml 3.12.1 and earlier computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted input to an application that maintains a hash table.

References: http://secunia.com/advisories/47853, http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf, http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/07/1, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/07/2, http://www.mail-archive.com/caml-list%40inria.fr/msg01477.html, http://www.mail-archive.com/caml-list%40inria.fr/msg01478.html