Unscored severity · published Aug 27, 2012
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…
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CVSS
3.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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."
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.4% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PC
Performance Co-pilot · Sgi
through 3.6.4; 2.1.1; 2.1.2; 2.1.3; 2.1.4; 2.1.5; +7 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3421
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3421
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085324.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085333.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html
oss.sgi.com
http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG%3Bh=16c9cbb2f61d909487ea1c3171f4ab33e5648ac5%3Bhb=fe51067ae869a4d59f350ac319b09edcb77ac8e6
oss.sgi.com
http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9ba85dca940de976176ce196fd5e3c4170936354
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2533
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