Memory Leak Affecting pcp package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.42% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-PCP-9885792
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed16 Aug 2012

Introduced: 16 Aug 2012

CVE-2012-3420  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 pcp.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcp package and not the pcp package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 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 Base Scores

version 3.1