CVE-2012-2972 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2012-10-20

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 2.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-2950	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02213.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/86415
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119543/Security-Notice-For-CA-ARCserve-Backup.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/86
http://secunia.com/advisories/51012
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/408099
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79477
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=%7BF9EEA31E-8089-423E-B746-41B5C9DD2AC1%7D

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2012-10-20T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:50:05.442Z

Reserved: 2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2972

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-10-20T10:41:27.133

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2972

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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