# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:** 28 Sep 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7whm-p3g6-xq8q

## 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: Redhat Enterprise Mrg, Trevor Mckay Cumin.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-2685?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## 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

- [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-2012-2685 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2685 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-2012-2685/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2685/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2685
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2685
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2685

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