Apache Geronimo 2.2.1 and earlier computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predic

Summary

Apache Geronimo 2.2.1 and earlier 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. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2011-4461.

Timeline

1. Jul 15, 2006Public exploit on Exploit-DB

   EDB-2012

2. Dec 30, 2011, 1:00 AM UTCCVE published
3. Aug 7, 2024, 12:23 AM UTCRecord last updated
4. Oct 28, 2026EPSS reached 10%

   FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

• n/a n/a

  Version range not reported

• org.apache.geronimo:geronimoMaven

  fixed in 2.2.1

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