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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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
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2012-08-27T23:55:02.290
Modified: 2024-11-21T01:40:50.463
Link: CVE-2012-3421
Redhat