CVE-2012-3421

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 Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	*	3.6.4 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.1 (including)	2.1.1 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.2 (including)	2.1.2 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.3 (including)	2.1.3 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.4 (including)	2.1.4 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.5 (including)	2.1.5 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.6 (including)	2.1.6 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.7 (including)	2.1.7 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.8 (including)	2.1.8 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.9 (including)	2.1.9 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.10 (including)	2.1.10 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.1.11 (including)	2.1.11 (including)
Performance_co-pilot	Sgi	2.2 (including)	2.2 (including)
Pcp	Ubuntu	lucid	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	natty	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	oneiric	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	precise	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	quantal	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	raring	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	saucy	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	utopic	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	vivid	*
Pcp	Ubuntu	wily	*

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3421
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Affected Software

References