Sandstorm Cap’n Proto before 0.4.1.1 and 0.5.x before 0.5.1.1 allows remote peers to cause a denial of service (CPU and possibly general resource consumption) via a list with a large number of elements.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2312
Reference (s):
- https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto/blob/master/security-advisories/2015-03-02-2-all-cpu-amplification.md
- https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto/commit/104870608fde3c698483fdef6b97f093fc15685d
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=780567
- MLIST:[oss-security] 20150317 Re: CVE Request: Cap’n Proto: Several issues
- URL: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/17/3