VDB
CVE-2012-3421
CVE-2012-3421
REJECTED
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."
EPSS 2.46% · 85.5th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
2.46%
85.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | pcp | 0, 3.8.0, 3.8.5ubuntu1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG%3Bh=16c9cbb2f61d909487ea1c3171f4ab33e5648ac5%3Bhb=fe51067ae869a4d59f350ac319b09edcb77ac8e6 (circl)
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1079 (circl)
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1081 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20120816 pcp: Multiple security flaws (circl)
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9ba85dca940de976176ce196fd5e3c4170936354 (circl)
- FEDORA-2012-12076 (circl)
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1036 (circl)
- FEDORA-2012-12024 (circl)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841706 (circl)
- SUSE-SU-2013:0190 (circl)
…and 1 more exploits
Timeline
- Aug 27, 2012 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
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- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3421 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3421 third-party-advisory