SGI Performance Co-Pilot up to 2.1.1 pdu.c pduread denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SGI Performance Co-Pilot up to 2.1.1. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is the function pduread of the file pdu.c. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2012-3421. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability has been found in SGI Performance Co-Pilot up to 2.1.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function pduread of the file pdu.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

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."

The weakness was published 08/27/2012 by Florian Weimer (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at hermes.opensuse.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-3421 since 06/14/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability 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 (77817), Tenable (61652), SecurityFocus (BID 55041†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-37117†). Similar entries are available at VDB-61914, VDB-61913, VDB-61912 and VDB-63084. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: 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: 9ba85dca940de976176ce196fd5e3c4170936354

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07/19/2012 +35 days 🔍
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08/27/2012 +39 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +862 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sgi.com

Advisory: DSA-2533
Researcher: Florian Weimer
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CVE: CVE-2012-3421 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3421
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61915

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X-Force: 77817
SecurityFocus: 55041 - Performance Co-Pilot Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 37117 - Performance Co-Pilot <3.6.5 Remote Denial of Service - CVE-2012-3421, Medium

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/12/2021 17:19
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (62), 04/20/2017 22:06 (12), 12/12/2021 17:03 (5), 12/12/2021 17:11 (1), 12/12/2021 17:19 (2)
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