# CVE-2012-4588: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service by flooding the EMM database with invalid usernames, affecting McAfee Enterprise Mobility Manager deployments.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/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:** 22 Aug 2012
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x7m6-jr2p-9px3

## What is CVE-2012-4588?

CVE-2012-4588 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Aug 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

McAfee Enterprise Mobility Manager (EMM) Agent before 4.8 and Server before 10.1 record all invalid usernames presented in failed login attempts, and place them on a list of accounts that an administrator may wish to unlock, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive list size in the EMM Database) via a long sequence of login attempts with different usernames.

Weakness: CWE-255

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4588?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Mcafee Enterprise Mobility Manager, Mcafee Enterprise Mobility Manager Agent.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-4588?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4588 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-4588 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4588 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2012-4591](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4591/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2012-4592](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4592/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2012-4590](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4590/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2012-4587](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4587/): Information disclosure in n/a (low 3.5)
- [CVE-2012-4589](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4589/): Information disclosure in n/a (low 2.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-4588 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-4588 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Aug 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-2012-4588 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-2012-4588/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4588/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4588
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4588
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-4588

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4588/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.