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CVE-2012-3420 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085324.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085333.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html	CVE
http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG%3Bh=16c9cbb2f61d909487ea1c3171f4ab33e5648ac5%3Bhb=fe51067ae869a4d59f350ac319b09edcb77ac8e6	CVE
http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=68fb968b4ee635bb301dc9ab64e633b0d66d27b4	CVE
http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7dc844d3586ea79887655a97c4252a79751fdae	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841298	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841319	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841704	CVE
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15471040	CVE
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540133	CVE
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540172	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2533	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/1	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085324.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085333.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html	[email protected]
http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG%3Bh=16c9cbb2f61d909487ea1c3171f4ab33e5648ac5%3Bhb=fe51067ae869a4d59f350ac319b09edcb77ac8e6	[email protected]
http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=68fb968b4ee635bb301dc9ab64e633b0d66d27b4	[email protected]
http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7dc844d3586ea79887655a97c4252a79751fdae	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841298	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841319	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841704	[email protected]
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15471040	[email protected]
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540133	[email protected]
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15540172	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2533	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/1	[email protected]

see all 28 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
sgi performance co-pilot	<= 3.6.4 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.1.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

sgi performance co-pilot

<= 3.6.4

2.1.1

2.1.2

2.1.3

2.1.4

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 28, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]