ubuntu-cve-2012-3420
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2012-08-27 23:55
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libpcp-gui2",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpcp-gui2-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpcp-import-perl",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpcp-import1",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpcp-import1-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpcp-logsummary-perl",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpcp-mmv-perl",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpcp-mmv1",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpcp-mmv1-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpcp-pmda-perl",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpcp-pmda3",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpcp-pmda3-dev",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpcp-trace2",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpcp-trace2-dev",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpcp3",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpcp3-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "pcp",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "pcp-import-collectl2pcp",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "pcp-import-iostat2pcp",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "pcp-import-mrtg2pcp",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "pcp-import-sar2pcp",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "pcp-import-sheet2pcp",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "pcp-testsuite",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-pcp",
            "binary_version": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "pcp",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcp@3.8.12ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.8.12ubuntu1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.8.0",
        "3.8.5ubuntu1",
        "3.8.9ubuntu1",
        "3.8.10ubuntu1",
        "3.8.10ubuntu2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3420",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:07Z",
  "published": "2012-08-27T23:55:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3420"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3420"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2012-3420"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:46Z"
}



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