CVE-2012-1150

Description

Python before 2.6.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, 3.x before 3.1.5, and 3.2.x before 3.2.3 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.

How to fix CVE-2012-1150

To remediate CVE-2012-1150, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/python2.7—upgrade to 2.7.3~rc1-1 or later

Is CVE-2012-1150 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 2.7.3~rc1-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1150