CVE-2012-2685 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service via memory consumption in Cumin by sending large image requests.
- 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-2012-2685?
CVE-2012-2685 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Mrg, published on 28 Sep 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cumin before 0.1.5444, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, and Grid (MRG) 2.0, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large size in an image request.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2685?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Redhat Enterprise Mrg, Trevor Mckay Cumin.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2685?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2012-2685 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2685 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Enterprise Mrg
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7whm-p3g6-xq8q.