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."
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-08-27T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:05:12.583Z

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-3421

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-08-27T23:55:02.290

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:40:50.463

Link: CVE-2012-3421

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-08-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3421 - Bugzilla