CVE-2012-2972

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2972
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-20 10:41:27 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA51012 - CA ARCserve Backup RPC Services Two Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Notice For CA ARCserve Backup ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#408099 - CA ARCserve Backup authentication service denial-of-service vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
osvdb.org/86415 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
error - ecx_site - ECX af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.ca.com
Full Disclosure: Updated - CA20121018-01: Security Notice for CA ARCserve Backup af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
404 Not Found MITRE support.ca.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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