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    CVE-2012-3420

    Multiple memory leaks in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or daemon crash) via a large number of PDUs with (1) a crafted context number to the DoFetch function in pmcd/src/dofetch.c or (2) a negative type value to the __pmGetPDU function in libpcp/src/pdu.c.

    Published:Aug 16, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Aug 27, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.035
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Sgi
    Product
    Performance Co-pilot

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2023-6917 (CVSS 6) — A vulnerability has been identified in the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) package, stemming from the mixed privile…
    CVE-2012-5530 (CVSS 2.1) — The (1) pcmd and (2) pmlogger init scripts in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.10 allow local users to ov…
    CVE-2012-3421 (CVSS 5) — The pduread function in pdu.c in libpcp in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 does not properly time out …
    CVE-2012-3418 (CVSS 5) — libpcp in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and pos…
    CVE-2012-3419 (CVSS 5) — Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 exports some of the /proc file system, which allows attackers to obtai…
    CVE-2001-0823 (CVSS 7.2) — The pmpost program in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 2.2.1-3 allows a local user to gain privileges via a s…

    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085324.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085333.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html
    http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG%3Bh=16c9cbb2f61d909487ea1c3171f4ab33e5648ac5%3Bhb=fe51067ae869a4d59f350ac319b09edcb77ac8e6
    http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=68fb968b4ee635bb301dc9ab64e633b0d66d27b4
    http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7dc844d3586ea79887655a97c4252a79751fdae
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2533
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841298
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841319
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841704
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15471040
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540133
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540172
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085324.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085333.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html
    http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG%3Bh=16c9cbb2f61d909487ea1c3171f4ab33e5648ac5%3Bhb=fe51067ae869a4d59f350ac319b09edcb77ac8e6
    http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=68fb968b4ee635bb301dc9ab64e633b0d66d27b4
    http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7dc844d3586ea79887655a97c4252a79751fdae
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2533
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841298
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841319
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841704
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15471040
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540133
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540172

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High