SQL Server 2008 SP3 CU12 was released on July 15, 2013

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SQL Server 2008 SP3 CU12 was released on July 15, 2013. You can get more information from the KB listed below.

2863205 Cumulative update package 12 for SQL Server 2008 SP3

For the issues that fix in this CU, please refer to the below table:

VSTS bug number	KB article number	Description
1178048	2793580 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2793580/ )	FIX: An update is available that enables you to exclude system databases from Query Statistics collection sets when you use the management data warehouse in SQL Server 2008 R2 or in SQL Server 2008
1325147	2803799 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2803799/ )	FIX: A query that runs against a DMV enters an infinite loop in SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2012
1337795	2812884 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2812884/ )	FIX: Index size increases significantly after you rebuild the index online and the RCSI is enabled in SQL Server 2008 or in SQL Server 2008 R2
1361672	2859713 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2859713/ )	FIX: "The decryption key is incorrect" error when you open a symmetric key that is encrypted by an asymmetric key in SQL Server 2008
1274213	2861939 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2861939/ )	FIX: Cannot uninstall, repair, add new features to, or add a new instance to SQL Server 2008 in Windows 8
1194531	2819662 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2819662/ )	FIX: SQL Server performance issues in NUMA environments

For more information on SQL CU version,
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