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Adobe warns of hash collision in ColdFusion

By | March 13, 2012, 8:49am PDT

Summary: The denial-of-service issue affects ColdFusion 9.0.1 and earlier versions for Windows, Mac OS X and UNIX.

Adobe has shipped a priority 2 update to fix a flaw that puts ColdFusion users at risk of denial-of-service attacks.

The vulnerability, rated important, affects ColdFusion 9.0.1 and earlier versions for Windows, Mac OS X and UNIX.

“This vulnerability could lead to a denial of service attack using a hash algorithm collision,” the company warned in an advisory.

Adobe recommends that enterprise users of the ColdFusion application server apply the fix within the next 30 days.

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Ryan Naraine is a journalist and social media enthusiast specializing in Internet and computer security issues. He is currently security evangelist at Kaspersky Lab, an anti-malware company with operations around the globe. He is taking a leadership role in developing the company's online community initiative around secure content management technologies.

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