CVE-2012-3421
First published: Thu Jul 19 2012(Updated: )
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."
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Sgi Performance Co-pilot | <=3.6.4 | |
| Sgi Performance Co-pilot | =2.1.1 | |
| Sgi Performance Co-pilot | =2.1.2 | |
| Sgi Performance Co-pilot | =2.1.3 | |
| Sgi Performance Co-pilot | =2.1.4 | |
| Sgi Performance Co-pilot | =2.1.5 | |
| Sgi Performance Co-pilot | =2.1.6 | |
| Sgi Performance Co-pilot | =2.1.7 | |
| Sgi Performance Co-pilot | =2.1.8 | |
| Sgi Performance Co-pilot | =2.1.9 | |
| Sgi Performance Co-pilot | =2.1.10 | |
| Sgi Performance Co-pilot | =2.1.11 | |
| Sgi Performance Co-pilot | =2.2 | |
| redhat/pcp | <3.6.5 | 3.6.5 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085324.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085333.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git;a=blob;f=CHANGELOG;h=16c9cbb2f61d909487ea1c3171f4ab33e5648ac5;hb=fe51067ae869a4d59f350ac319b09edcb77ac8e6
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git;a=commit;h=9ba85dca940de976176ce196fd5e3c4170936354
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2533
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841706
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15471040
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540133
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540172
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=602308&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=602308&action=edit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=848629
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pcp-3.6.5-1.fc16
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pcp-3.6.5-1.fc17
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pcp-3.6.5-1.fc18
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pcp-3.6.5-1.el5
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pcp-3.6.5-1.el6
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/redhat-bugzilla
- alias/CVE-2012-3421
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- vendor/sgi
- canonical/sgi performance co-pilot
- version/sgi performance co-pilot/3.6.4
- version/sgi performance co-pilot/2.1.1
- version/sgi performance co-pilot/2.1.2
- version/sgi performance co-pilot/2.1.3
- version/sgi performance co-pilot/2.1.4
- version/sgi performance co-pilot/2.1.5
- version/sgi performance co-pilot/2.1.6
- version/sgi performance co-pilot/2.1.7
- version/sgi performance co-pilot/2.1.8
- version/sgi performance co-pilot/2.1.9
- version/sgi performance co-pilot/2.1.10
- version/sgi performance co-pilot/2.1.11
- version/sgi performance co-pilot/2.2
- package-manager/redhat