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."
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-08-27T23:00:00

Updated: 2012-09-07T09:00:00

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2012-3421

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-08-27T23:55:02.290

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:11:34.667


Link: CVE-2012-3421

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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