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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-08-27 23:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1f8a2b74a79adead0f10f22ccc72b14b20df5e808727e1db421a1a08b4109d80
05 Affected products
06 References
- oss.sgi.comhttp://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG%3Bh=16c9cbb2f61d909487ea1c3171f4ab33e5648ac5%3Bhb=fe51067ae869a4d59f350ac319b09edcb77ac8e6
- hermes.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1079https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540133
- hermes.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1081https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540172
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120816 pcp: Multiple security flawshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/1
- oss.sgi.comhttp://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9ba85dca940de976176ce196fd5e3c4170936354
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-12076http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085333.html
- hermes.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1036https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15471040
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-12024http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085324.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841706
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2013:0190http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2533http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2533
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pcp Fixed in 3.6.5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pcp Fixed in 3.6.5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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