CVE-2011-5036

N/A Unknown
Published: December 30, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

Description

Rack 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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0181.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2783
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://gist.github.com/52bbc6b9cc19ce330829
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.0%
89th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

rack_project