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."
Published: 2012-08-27
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 2.5% Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2533-1 pcp security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-3391 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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Sgi Performance Co-pilot
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

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

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3421

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-3421

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2012-3421 - Bugzilla

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