CVE-2012-3420
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.6.5 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.6.5 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.6.5 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.6.5 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.6.5 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| sgi | performance_co-pilot | {"endIncluding":"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 | |
References
- 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%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG%3Bh=16c9cbb2f61d909487ea1c3171f4ab33e5648ac5%3Bhb=fe51067ae869a4d59f350ac319b09edcb77ac8e6
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=68fb968b4ee635bb301dc9ab64e633b0d66d27b4
- http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7dc844d3586ea79887655a97c4252a79751fdae
- 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=841298
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841319
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841704
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15471040
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540133
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540172
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3420
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.