CVE-2012-3420

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3420
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-27 23:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple memory leaks in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or daemon crash) via a large number of PDUs with (1) a crafted context number to the DoFetch function in pmcd/src/dofetch.c or (2) a negative type value to the __pmGetPDU function in libpcp/src/pdu.c.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.1 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.10 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.11 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.2 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.3 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.4 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.5 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.6 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.7 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.8 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.1.9 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot 2.2 All All All
Application Sgi Performance Co-pilot All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540172 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2533-1 pcp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
841319 – In-band signalling in __pmGetPDU leads to pmcd memory leak af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:0190-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540133 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
Invalid URL af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oss.sgi.com
oss.sgi.com Git - pcp/pcp.git/blob - CHANGELOG af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oss.sgi.com
841298 – pmcd leaks memory in DoFetch error path af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: pcp-3.6.5-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Invalid URL af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oss.sgi.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: pcp-3.6.5-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug 841704 – CVE-2012-3420 pcp: two memory leaks can lead to pcmd crash or trigger OOM killer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - pcp: Multiple security flaws af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15471040 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
oss.sgi.com Git - pcp/pcp.git/blob - CHANGELOG MITRE oss.sgi.com
Invalid URL MITRE oss.sgi.com
Invalid URL MITRE oss.sgi.com
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