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Posted on 22 August 2012
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TITLE:
OCaml Xml-Light Library Hash Collision Denial of Service
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50311
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-08-21
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in OCaml Xml-Light Library, which
can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within certain hash
functions and can be exploited to cause a hash collision resulting in
high CPU consumption.
SOLUTION:
Fixed in the SVN repository.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
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