CVE-2012-2682 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Attackers with database privileges can cause a denial of service in Red Hat MRG Management Console by using non-ASCII characters in link names.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2012-2682?

CVE-2012-2682 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Mrg, published on 19 Jul 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cumin (aka MRG Management Console), as used in Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5, allows attackers with certain database privileges to cause a denial of service (inaccessible page) via a non-ASCII character in the name of a link.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2682?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Redhat Enterprise Mrg.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2682?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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-2012-2682 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2682 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Redhat Enterprise Mrg vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-24fh-vxfp-5g6v.

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