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authorGregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org>2012-03-14 21:26:55 (GMT)
committerGregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org>2012-03-14 21:26:55 (GMT)
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Fixes issue #14234: CVE-2012-0876: Randomize hashes of xml attributes
in the hash table internal to the pyexpat module's copy of the expat library to avoid a denial of service due to hash collisions. Patch by David Malcolm with some modifications by the expat project.
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@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Core and Builtins
service attacks due to hash collisions within the dict and set types. Patch
by David Malcolm, based on work by Victor Stinner.
+- Issue #14234: CVE-2012-0876: Randomize hashes of xml attributes in the hash
+ table internal to the pyexpat module's copy of the expat library to avoid a
+ denial of service due to hash collisions. Patch by David Malcolm with some
+ modifications by the expat project.
+
Library
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