CVE-2012-3420
EPSS 3.5%
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.
How to fix CVE-2012-3420
To remediate CVE-2012-3420, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pcp—upgrade to 3.6.5 or later
Is CVE-2012-3420 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.6.5