Resource exhaustion in Geronimo - CVE-2011-5034

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Resource exhaustion in Geronimo - CVE-2011-5034

Published: August 6, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU113671
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5034
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to Apache Geronimo computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictablys. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Geronimo
IBM Qradar SIEM

How to mitigate CVE-2011-5034

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM Qradar SIEM - update to 7.5.0 Update Pack 13

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