DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4838

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4838
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4838.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4838
Upstream
Published
2011-12-30T01:55:01Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:21:54.704956Z
Summary
[none]
Details

JRuby before 1.6.5.1 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

Affected packages

Debian:12 / jruby

Package

Name
jruby
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/jruby?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.6-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / jruby

Package

Name
jruby
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/jruby?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.6-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / jruby

Package

Name
jruby
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/jruby?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.6-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}