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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Jul 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-24fh-vxfp-5g6v

## 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 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2682?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Enterprise Mrg.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-2682?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2012-2682 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Enterprise Mrg

- [CVE-2012-3460](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3460/): Hardcoded credentials in cumin (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2013-4461](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4461/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2012-2684](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2684/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2010-4179](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4179/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2013-4405](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4405/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-2682 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Redhat Enterprise Mrg. 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-2012-2682/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2682/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2682
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2682
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2682

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