CVE-2012-2267 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 17 Apr 2012 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the Helix Server SNMP Master Agent by manipulating TCP connections, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2012-2267?

CVE-2012-2267 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Apr 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

master.exe in the SNMP Master Agent in RealNetworks Helix Server and Helix Mobile Server 14.x before 14.3.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by establishing and closing a port-705 TCP connection, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1923.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2267?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Realnetworks Helix Mobile Server, Realnetworks Helix Server.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2267?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2267 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2012-2267 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2267 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3hm9-jjjg-c87v.