UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3514

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3514
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3514.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3514
Related
Published
2012-08-25T10:29:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:02Z
Summary
[none]
Details

OCaml Xml-Light Library before r234 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 unspecified vectors.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / xml-light

Package

Name
xml-light
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xml-light@2.2-17?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2-17

Affected versions

2.*

2.2-15

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2-17",
            "binary_name": "libxml-light-ocaml"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2-17",
            "binary_name": "libxml-light-ocaml-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / xml-light

Package

Name
xml-light
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xml-light@2.2-17?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2-17

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2-17",
            "binary_name": "libxml-light-ocaml"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2-17",
            "binary_name": "libxml-light-ocaml-dev"
        }
    ]
}