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    CVE-2012-3421

    The pduread function in pdu.c in libpcp in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 does not properly time out connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pmcd hang) by sending individual bytes of a PDU separately, related to an "event-driven programming flaw."

    Published:Aug 16, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Aug 27, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.02459
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Sgi
    Product
    Performance Co-pilot

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    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-2012-3420 (CVSS 5) — Multiple memory leaks in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of s…
    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=9ba85dca940de976176ce196fd5e3c4170936354
    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=841706
    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=9ba85dca940de976176ce196fd5e3c4170936354
    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=841706
    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