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TI-2012-02947 Aliases CVE-2012-3418GHSA-wh7h-j72f-r8p8

libpcp in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a…

Priority LOW 32CWE-189Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-189 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

libpcp in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a PDU with the numcreds field value greater than the number of actual elements to the __pmDecodeCreds function in p_creds.c; (2) the string byte number value to the __pmDecodeNameList function in p_pmns.c; (3) the numids value to the __pmDecodeIDList function in p_pmns.c; (4) unspecified vectors to the __pmDecodeProfile function in p_profile.c; the (5) status number value or (6) string number value to the __pmDecodeNameList function in p_pmns.c; (7) certain input to the __pmDecodeResult function in p_result.c; (8) the name length field (namelen) to the DecodeNameReq function in p_pmns.c; (9) a crafted PDU_FETCH request to the __pmDecodeFetch function in p_fetch.c; (10) the namelen field in the __pmDecodeInstanceReq function in p_instance.c; (11) the buflen field to the __pmDecodeText function in p_text.c; (12) PDU_INSTANCE packets to the __pmDecodeInstance in p_instance.c; or the (13) c_numpmid or (14) v_numval fields to the __pmDecodeLogControl function in p_lcontrol.c, which triggers integer overflows, heap-based buffer overflows, and/or buffer over-reads.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05758 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 13

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.6.4VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.1VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.2VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.3VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.4VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.5VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.6VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.7VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.8VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.9VulnerableSgi
  • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.6.4 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.1 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.2 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.3 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.4 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.5 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.6 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.7 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.8 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.9 Vulnerable ·Sgi
Show 3 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.10VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.11VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2VulnerableSgi
  • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.10 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.11 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:performance_co-pilot:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2 Vulnerable ·Sgi

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-3418
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wh7h-j72f-r8p8

References

Advisory 7

Other 23

  • TI-2001-00786 The pmpost program in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 2.2.1-3 allows a local user to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2023-06321 Pcp: unsafe use of directories allows pcp to root privilege escalation CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
  • TI-2012-02950 The pduread function in pdu.c in libpcp in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 does… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2012-02949 Multiple memory leaks in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 allow remote attackers… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2012-02948 Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.5 exports some of the /proc file system, which… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2012-04648 The (1) pcmd and (2) pmlogger init scripts in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.10… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1

Sources

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