CVE-2012-2972

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2972
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-20 10:41:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:11:00 UTC
DescriptionThe (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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ca Arcserve Backup r12.5 All All All
Application Ca Arcserve Backup r15.0 All All All
Application Ca Arcserve Backup r16.0 All All All
Application Ca Arcserve Backup r12.5 All All All
Application Ca Arcserve Backup r15.0 All All All
Application Ca Arcserve Backup r16.0 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA51012 - CA ARCserve Backup RPC Services Two Vulnerabilities - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#408099 - CA ARCserve Backup authentication service denial-of-service vulnerability CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
86415 OSVDB osvdb.org
error - ecx_site - ECX support.ca.com
404 Not Found CONFIRM support.ca.com Broken Link
Security Notice For CA ARCserve Backup ≈ Packet Storm CONFIRM packetstormsecurity.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Full Disclosure: Updated - CA20121018-01: Security Notice for CA ARCserve Backup FULLDISC seclists.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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