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CVE-2012-3421: sgi performance_co-pilot

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2012-3421DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3421
Published 27-08-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3421 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in sgi performance_co-pilot. EPSS estimates a 3.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.31%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-2533-1

Timeline

  1. 27-08-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.31% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.31%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • pcp< 3.6.5
Sgi1 product
  • performance_co-pilot≤ 3.6.4 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.4 | 2.1.5 | 2.1.6 | 2.1.7 | 2.1.8 | 2.1.9 | 2.1.10 | 2.1.11 | 2.2
Ubuntu1 product
  • pcp< 3.8.12ubuntu1

3 vendors · 3 products

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