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Python Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability - CVE-2012-0876 - Vulnerability Database
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Python Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability - CVE-2012-0876

Medium
Reference: CVE-2012-0876
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0876
Title: Python Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability
Overview:

The XML parser (xmlparse.c) in expat before 2.1.0 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 an XML file with many identifiers with the same value.