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CVE-2012-3421

Published: Aug 27, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.3%
Top 12.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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."

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

Novell Inc.
commercial·US
SUSE Linux EnterpriseOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
sgi
commercial·USaka s g i, sg i
performance co-pilot
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG%3Bh=16c9cbb2f61d909487ea1c3171f4ab33e5648ac5%3Bhb=fe51067ae869a4d59f350ac319b09edcb77ac8e6
oss.sgi.com
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540133
hermes.opensuse.org
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540172
hermes.opensuse.org
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