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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802681
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Oracle Java SE Hash Collision DoS Vulnerability - Windows
Summary:Oracle Java SE is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Oracle Java SE is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The flaw is due to computes hash values without restricting the ability to
trigger hash collisions predictably.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
condition via crafted input to an application that maintains a hash table.

Affected Software/OS:
Oracle Java SE 7 to 7 Update 5

Solution:
Upgrade to Oracle Java SE version 7 Update 6

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-2739
VU#903934
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934
[core-libs-dev] 20120522 Review Request CR#7118743 : Alternative Hashing for String with Hash-based Maps
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2012-May/010238.html
[oss-security] 20120615 CVE request: java hashdos vulnerability
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/12
[oss-security] 20120616 Re: CVE request: java hashdos vulnerability
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/17/1
http://armoredbarista.blogspot.de/2012/02/investigating-hashdos-issue.html
http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750533
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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