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Microsoft ASP.NET and PHP Hash Collision Denial of Service - Specific (CVE-2011-3414)

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Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-033
Date Published:
Severity:
Source: MS Advisory MS11-100
Industry Reference(s): CVE-2011-3414
Protection Provided by: Security Gateway
  • R70
  • R71
  • R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Microsoft .NET Framework 4 and prior
Vulnerability Description
A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft ASP.NET and PHP. Successful exploitation could degrade performance significantly, possibly resulting in a denial of service condition.
Update/Patch Available
Apply patches from: MS11-100
Vulnerability Details
The vulnerability is caused due to the way common web framework implementations use hash tables to map parameters and values of web requests. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by generating multiple requests containing colliding key values to an affected server.

Protection Overview
IPS will detect and block the transferring of malicious requests to the server.

To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.