CVE-2012-3420

Debian Security Advisory 2533-1

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Multiple memory leaks in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or daemon crash) via a large number of PDUs with (1) a crafted context number to the DoFetch function in pmcd/src/dofetch.c or (2) a negative type value to the __pmGetPDU function in libpcp/src/pdu.c.

Múltiples pérdidas de memoria en Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) anterior a v3.6.5 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria o un accidente demonio) a través de un gran número de PDUs con (1) un número de contexto diseñado al función en DoFetch pmcd / src / dofetch.c o (2) un valor de tipo negativo para la función pmGetPDU __ en libpcp / src / pdu.c.

It was discovered that Performance Co-Pilot (pcp), a framework for performance monitoring, contains several vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-06-14 CVE Reserved
2012-08-24 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (14)

URL	Tag	Source
http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG%3Bh=16c9cbb2f61d909487ea1c3171f4ab33e5648ac5%3Bhb=fe51067ae869a4d59f350ac319b09edcb77ac8e6	X_refsource_confirm
http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=68fb968b4ee635bb301dc9ab64e633b0d66d27b4	X_refsource_confirm
http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7dc844d3586ea79887655a97c4252a79751fdae	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/1	Mailing List
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841298	X_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841319	X_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841704	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085324.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085333.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html	2023-11-07
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2533	2023-11-07
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15471040	2023-11-07
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540133	2023-11-07
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540172	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sgi Search vendor "Sgi"		Performance Co-pilot Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot"				<= 3.6.4 Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot" and version " <= 3.6.4"		-		Affected
Sgi Search vendor "Sgi"		Performance Co-pilot Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot"				2.1.1 Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot" and version "2.1.1"		-		Affected
Sgi Search vendor "Sgi"		Performance Co-pilot Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot"				2.1.2 Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot" and version "2.1.2"		-		Affected
Sgi Search vendor "Sgi"		Performance Co-pilot Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot"				2.1.3 Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot" and version "2.1.3"		-		Affected
Sgi Search vendor "Sgi"		Performance Co-pilot Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot"				2.1.4 Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot" and version "2.1.4"		-		Affected
Sgi Search vendor "Sgi"		Performance Co-pilot Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot"				2.1.5 Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot" and version "2.1.5"		-		Affected
Sgi Search vendor "Sgi"		Performance Co-pilot Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot"				2.1.6 Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot" and version "2.1.6"		-		Affected
Sgi Search vendor "Sgi"		Performance Co-pilot Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot"				2.1.7 Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot" and version "2.1.7"		-		Affected
Sgi Search vendor "Sgi"		Performance Co-pilot Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot"				2.1.8 Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot" and version "2.1.8"		-		Affected
Sgi Search vendor "Sgi"		Performance Co-pilot Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot"				2.1.9 Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot" and version "2.1.9"		-		Affected
Sgi Search vendor "Sgi"		Performance Co-pilot Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot"				2.1.10 Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot" and version "2.1.10"		-		Affected
Sgi Search vendor "Sgi"		Performance Co-pilot Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot"				2.1.11 Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot" and version "2.1.11"		-		Affected
Sgi Search vendor "Sgi"		Performance Co-pilot Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot"				2.2 Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Performance Co-pilot" and version "2.2"		-		Affected