DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3420

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3420

    Published: 27 Aug 2012Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-3420

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3420

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pcp

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/pcp?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.6.5

    Affected versions

    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
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