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Python Cryptographic Issues Vulnerability - CVE-2013-7040 - Vulnerability Database
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Python Cryptographic Issues Vulnerability - CVE-2013-7040

Medium
Reference: CVE-2013-7040
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7040
Title: Python Cryptographic Issues Vulnerability
Overview:

Python 2.7 before 3.4 only uses the last eight bits of the prefix to randomize hash values which causes it to compute hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably and makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted input to an application that maintains a hash table. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1150.