CVE-2012-3421 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the pduread function of libpcp in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) versions prior to 3.6.5. This flaw allows remote attackers to cause a pmcd hang by sending individual bytes of a PDU separately, exploiting an event-driven programming issue. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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