Description
Multiple 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.
Published: 2012-08-27
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 3.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2533-1 pcp security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-3390 Multiple 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.
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Sgi Performance Co-pilot
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:05:12.163Z

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3420

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-08-27T23:55:02.227

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-3420

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-08-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3420 - Bugzilla

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