Enterprise MrgOperating system · Redhat
CVE-2012-2682
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCumin (aka MRG Management Console), as used in Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5, allows attackers with certain database privileges to cause a denial of service (inaccessible page) via a non-ASCII character in the name of a link.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCumin (MRG Management Console) in Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5 contains a denial of service vulnerability where authenticated users with certain database privileges can insert a non-ASCII character into a link name, causing the affected page to become inaccessible.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Enterprise MrgOperating system
= 2.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Cumin (MRG Management Console) is installedCheck for the presence of the cumin package or management console software on the system using package manager commands such as 'rpm -qa | grep -i cumin' or 'yum list installed | grep -i cumin'Affected if The Cumin/MRG Management Console package is found on the system
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Verify the installed version is 2.5Query the installed package version using 'rpm -qi cumin' or similar package query command, or check the MRG release file at /etc/redhat-release or /etc/mrg-releaseAffected if The installed version is exactly 2.5 (the only affected version)
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Check if database connectivity is configuredExamine Cumin configuration files (typically in /etc/cumin/ or /var/lib/cumin/) for database connection settings, or check if a database backend (PostgreSQL/MySQL) is accessible and configured for CuminAffected if A database is configured and accessible for Cumin
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Identify users with database privilegesReview database user permissions and Cumin authentication settings to determine which users have insert/write privileges to the database where link names are storedAffected if There are authenticated users with database insert privileges that could modify link name entries
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Inspect existing link name entries in the databaseQuery the Cumin database (if accessible) for link name entries, looking for any non-ASCII characters in the link_name field of the relevant table (often related to links or navigation entries)Affected if Any link names contain non-ASCII characters, indicating exploitation has occurred
The environment is affected if Cumin version 2.5 is installed with a configured database backend accessible to authenticated users with database privileges.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement input validation to properly handle or reject non-ASCII characters in link names at the database insertion or page rendering level, and restrict database privileges to only trusted users.
Fix this in Enterprise Mrg
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2012-2682 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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