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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

2012-08-27T23:55:02.290

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application sgi performance_co-pilot ≤ 3.6.4 Yes
Application sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.1 Yes
Application sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.2 Yes
Application sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.3 Yes
Application sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.4 Yes
Application sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.5 Yes
Application sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.6 Yes
Application sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.7 Yes
Application sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.8 Yes
Application sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.9 Yes
Application sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.10 Yes
Application sgi performance_co-pilot 2.1.11 Yes
Application sgi performance_co-pilot 2.2 Yes
References