UBUNTU-CVE-2011-5037

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-5037
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2011/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-5037.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-5037
Upstream
  • CVE-2011-5037
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:44Z
Published
2011-12-30T01:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:30:51.897982Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Google V8 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, as demonstrated by attacks against Node.js.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libv8-3.14

Package

Name
libv8-3.14
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libv8-3.14@3.14.5.8-5ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.14.5.8-5ubuntu1

Affected versions

3.*
3.14.5.8-4
3.14.5.8-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libv8-3.14-dbg",
            "binary_version": "3.14.5.8-5ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libv8-3.14-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.14.5.8-5ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libv8-3.14.5",
            "binary_version": "3.14.5.8-5ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libv8-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.14.5.8-5ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2011/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-5037.json"