# CVE-2012-3901: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash the sensorApp process on Cisco IPS 4200 series sensors via network traffic, causing a traffic-inspection outage.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Sep 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8gc9-8wj3-2rqj

## What is CVE-2012-3901?

CVE-2012-3901 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Sep 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The updateTime function in sensorApp on Cisco IPS 4200 series sensors 7.0 and 7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash and traffic-inspection outage) via network traffic, aka Bug ID CSCta96144.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3901?

It affects 6 products.


Products: Cisco Intrusion Prevention System, Cisco Ips 4240, Cisco Ips 4250 Sx, Cisco Ips 4255, Cisco Ips 4260, Cisco Ips 4270-20.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-3901?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3901 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-3901 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3901 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2013-3410](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3410/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2008-2060](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2060/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2015-0654](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0654/): Race condition in n/a (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2014-3406](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3406/): Race condition in n/a (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2014-2103](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2103/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-3901 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-3901 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Sep 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-2012-3901 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-2012-3901/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3901/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3901
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3901
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-3901

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3901/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.