# CVE-2012-3073: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco TelePresence systems via malformed packets or high TCP rates.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jul 2012
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-98vh-jxvm-fp49

## What is CVE-2012-3073?

CVE-2012-3073 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Jul 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The IP implementation on Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch before 1.8.1, Cisco TelePresence Manager before 1.9.0, and Cisco TelePresence Recording Server 1.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (networking outage or process crash) via (1) malformed IP packets, (2) a high rate of TCP connection requests, or (3) a high rate of TCP connection terminations, aka Bug IDs CSCti21830, CSCti21851, CSCtj19100, CSCtj19086, CSCtj19078, CSCty11219, CSCty11299, CSCty11323, and CSCty11338.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3073?

It affects 15 products.


Products: Cisco Telepresence Manager, Cisco Telepresence Multipoint Switch, Cisco Telepresence Multipoint Switch Software, Cisco Telepresence Recording Server, Cisco Telepresence System 1300 65, Cisco Telepresence System 3000, Cisco Telepresence System 3010, Cisco Telepresence System 3200, Cisco Telepresence System 3210, Cisco Telepresence System Software, Cisco Telepresence System T3, Cisco Telepresence System Tx1300 47, Cisco Telepresence System Tx1310 65, Cisco Telepresence System Tx9000, Cisco Telepresence System Tx9200.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-3073?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3073 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-3073 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2011-0381](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0381/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-2486](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2486/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2011-0380](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0380/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-3073 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-3073 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Jul 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2012-3073/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3073/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3073
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3073
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-3073

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3073/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.