Resource Management Errors Affecting pcp package, versions <3.6.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.38% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-PCP-1556619
  • published27 Aug 2012
  • disclosed27 Aug 2012

Introduced: 27 Aug 2012

CVE-2012-3420  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 pcp to version 3.6.5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcp package and not the pcp package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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