Is CVE-2012-3421 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-3421 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-11.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-3421?

CVE-2012-3421 has a CVSS score of 5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2012-3421?

Patch guidance is available from sgi security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2012-3421.

CVE-2012-3421 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2012-3421?

13 products: sgi performance co-pilot, sgi performance co-pilot, sgi performance co-pilot, sgi performance co-pilot, sgi performance co-pilot, and 8 more.

Description

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."

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-Other

Metadata

Primary Vendor: SGI
Published: 8/27/2012
Last Modified: 4/11/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

sgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilotsgi : performance_co-pilot

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD