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CVE-2012-3420

5.0 · MEDIUM

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 craft…

Published Aug 27, 2012sgiCWE-399EPSS 2.42%

Overview

CVE-2012-3420 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting sgi performance_co-pilot. It was published on August 27, 2012 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical 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.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from sgi. Update performance_co-pilot to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
sgiperformance_co-pilot0Affected

References

Reflists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085324.htmlReflists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085333.htmlReflists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.htmlRefoss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG%3Bh=16c9cbb2f61d909487ea1c3171f4ab33e5648ac5%3Bhb=fe51067ae869a4d59f350ac319b09edcb77ac8e6Refoss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=68fb968b4ee635bb301dc9ab64e633b0d66d27b4Refoss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pcp/pcp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7dc844d3586ea79887655a97c4252a79751fdaeRefwww.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2533Refwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/1Refbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841298Refbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841319

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-3420?

CVE-2012-3420 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting sgi performance_co-pilot. It was published on August 27, 2012 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2012-3420?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2012-3420?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from sgi. Update performance_co-pilot to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2012-3420?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2012-3420 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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