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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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."
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.31% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sgi/performance co-pilot
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.