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CVE-2012-3421

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
27/08/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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."

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.6.4 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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