CVE-2012-3421

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

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."

La función pduread en pdu.c en libpcp en Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) anterior a v3.6.5 no realiza el tiempo de espera de conexiones, permitiendo a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (pmcd bloquea) mediante el envío de bytes individuales de una PDU por separado , en relación a un "defecto de programación orientada a eventos."

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

CAPEC

References (11)

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=9ba85dca940de976176ce196fd5e3c4170936354	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/1	Mailing List
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841706	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