{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3421","details":"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.\"","modified":"2026-09-23T06:47:30.882842407Z","published":"2012-08-27T23:55:02.290Z","upstream":["CVE-2012-3421"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3421"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pcp","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pcp?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3421.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pcp","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pcp?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3421.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}