CVE-2012-2972 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash CA ARCserve Backup services by sending crafted RPC requests, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-2972?
CVE-2012-2972 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Oct 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The (1) server and (2) agent components in CA ARCserve Backup r12.5, r15, and r16 on Windows do not properly validate RPC requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a crafted request.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2972?
How do I fix CVE-2012-2972?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2972 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2012-2972 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2972 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q3jh-482f-mc4x.