SGI Performance Co-Pilot up to 2.1.1 __pmGetPDU resource management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in SGI Performance Co-Pilot up to 2.1.1. Affected is the function __pmGetPDU. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 08/27/2012 by Florian Weimer (Website). The advisory is available at hermes.opensuse.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-3420 since 06/14/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61652 (Debian DSA-2533-1 : pcp - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165734 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for pcp (SUSE-SU-2013:0190-1)).

Upgrading to version 2.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (77816) and Tenable (61652). The entries 61915, 61913, 61912 and 63084 are related to this item.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 61652
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2533-1 : pcp - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 71821
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2533-1 (pcp)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Performance Co-Pilot 2.1.2
Patch: 68fb968b4ee635bb301dc9ab64e633b0d66d27b4

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07/19/2012 +35 days 🔍
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08/27/2012 +39 days 🔍
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Vendor: sgi.com

Advisory: DSA-2533
Researcher: Florian Weimer
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CVE: CVE-2012-3420 (🔍)
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X-Force: 77816
Vulnerability Center: 37116 - Performance Co-Pilot <3.6.5 Remote Denial of Service - CVE-2012-3420, Medium
SecurityFocus: 55041 - Performance Co-Pilot Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/12/2021 16:56
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (67), 04/20/2017 22:05 (6), 12/12/2021 16:42 (5), 12/12/2021 16:49 (1), 12/12/2021 16:56 (2)
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