CVE-2012-2972 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the server and agent components of CA ARCserve Backup r12.5, r15, and r16 on Windows. This flaw stems from improper validation of RPC requests, allowing remote attackers to crash the service with a crafted request. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, though its impact is limited to availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | n/aCNA affected |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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