# CVE-2012-2328: Denial of service in n/a

> Attackers can cause denial of service via CPU consumption by submitting crafted XML files to the SBLIM CIM Client library.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 10 Feb 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6qpq-58gh-897g, RHSA-2012:0987

## What is CVE-2012-2328?

CVE-2012-2328 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 10 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

internal/cimxml/sax/NodeFactory.java in Standards-Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability (SBLIM) Common Information Model (CIM) Client (aka sblim-cim-client2) before 2.1.12 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted XML file.

Weakness: CWE-310

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2328?

It affects 2 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `sblim-cim-client2` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:2.1.3-2.el6 |
| `sblim-cim-client2-javadoc` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:2.1.3-2.el6 |
| `sblim-cim-client2-manual` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:2.1.3-2.el6 |
| `sblim-cim-client2` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:2.1.3-2.el6 |
| `sblim-cim-client2-javadoc` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:2.1.3-2.el6 |
| `sblim-cim-client2-manual` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:2.1.3-2.el6 |

Products: Opensuse Opensuse, Standards Based Linux Instrumentation Project Standards-Based Linux Common Information Model Client.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-2328?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2012-2328 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2328 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse

- [CVE-2015-5957](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5957/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-0491](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0491/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-2388](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2388/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-1866](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1866/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-0492](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0492/): Other in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-2328 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-2328 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 10 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2328 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Opensuse Opensuse. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2328/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2328/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2328
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2328
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2328

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