CVE-2012-0876

The XML parser (xmlparse.c) in expat before 2.1.0 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 an XML file with many identifiers with the same value.
References
Link Resource
http://bugs.python.org/issue13703#msg151870 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html Broken Link Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html Broken Link Mailing List
http://mail.libexpat.org/pipermail/expat-discuss/2012-March/002768.html Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49504 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/51024 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/51040 Not Applicable
http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/ Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=110127&aid=3496608&group_id=10127 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2525 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:041 Broken Link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52379 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1527-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2 Third Party Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 Broken Link
https://support.apple.com/HT205637 Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

Configuration 5 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 6 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:redhat:storage:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

05 Aug 2022, 14:52

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (CONFIRM) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 - Broken Link
References (REDHAT) http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html - (REDHAT) http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html - Third Party Advisory
References (DEBIAN) http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2525 - (DEBIAN) http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2525 - Third Party Advisory
References (MLIST) http://mail.libexpat.org/pipermail/expat-discuss/2012-March/002768.html - (MLIST) http://mail.libexpat.org/pipermail/expat-discuss/2012-March/002768.html - Broken Link
References (REDHAT) http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html - (REDHAT) http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html - Third Party Advisory
References (UBUNTU) http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1527-1 - (UBUNTU) http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1527-1 - Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 - (CONFIRM) https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 - Third Party Advisory
References (APPLE) http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html - (APPLE) http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html - Broken Link, Mailing List
References (REDHAT) http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.html - (REDHAT) http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.html - Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://support.apple.com/HT205637 - (CONFIRM) https://support.apple.com/HT205637 - Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/ - (CONFIRM) http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/ - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
References (APPLE) http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html - (APPLE) http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html - Broken Link, Mailing List
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/49504 - Vendor Advisory (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/49504 - Not Applicable
References (CONFIRM) http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=110127&aid=3496608&group_id=10127 - (CONFIRM) http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=110127&aid=3496608&group_id=10127 - Third Party Advisory
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/51024 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/51024 - Not Applicable
References (MANDRIVA) http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:041 - (MANDRIVA) http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:041 - Broken Link
References (UBUNTU) http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2 - (UBUNTU) http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2 - Third Party Advisory
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/51040 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/51040 - Not Applicable
References (MISC) http://bugs.python.org/issue13703#msg151870 - (MISC) http://bugs.python.org/issue13703#msg151870 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html - (CONFIRM) http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html - Third Party Advisory
References (UBUNTU) http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1 - (UBUNTU) http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1 - Third Party Advisory
References (BID) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52379 - (BID) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52379 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CPE cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:storage:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-399 CWE-400

Information

Published : 2012-07-03 19:55

Updated : 2024-02-04 18:16


NVD link : CVE-2012-0876

Mitre link : CVE-2012-0876

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-0876


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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux_server
  • enterprise_linux_desktop
  • enterprise_linux_workstation
  • storage
  • enterprise_linux_eus
  • enterprise_linux_server_aus

oracle

  • solaris

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

libexpat_project

  • libexpat

debian

  • debian_linux

python

  • python
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption