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CVE-2012-3421

Published: Aug 27, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
3.3%
Top 13.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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."

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

SUSE Linux EnterpriseNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
performance co-pilotsgi
On-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
n/an/a
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
sgicommercialUSOperating Systemsaka sg i, s g i

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085324.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085333.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
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Timeline

Published
Aug 27, 2012
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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