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CVE-2012-3421

nvd nist
Published: Aug 27, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

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5.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

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."

Affected (13)

1 product
Performance Co Pilot
Configuration A
13 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Sgi
Up to 3.6.4
Version 2.1.10
Version 2.1.11
Version 2.1.1
Version 2.1.2
Version 2.1.3
Version 2.1.4
Version 2.1.5
Version 2.1.6
Version 2.1.7
Version 2.1.8
Version 2.1.9
Version 2.2

References (22)

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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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