Summary
The remote host is missing an update to pcp
announced via advisory DSA 2533-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202533-1
Insight
It was discovered that Performance Co-Pilot (pcp), a framework for performance monitoring, contains several vulnerabilites.
CVE-2012-3418
Multiple buffer overflows in the PCP protocol decoders can cause PCP clients and servers to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code while processing crafted PDUs.
CVE-2012-3419
The linux PMDA used by the pmcd daemon discloses sensitive information from the /proc file system to unauthenticated clients.
CVE-2012-3420
Multiple memory leaks processing crafted requests can cause pmcd to consume large amounts of memory and eventually crash.
CVE-2012-3421
Incorrect event-driven programming allows malicious clients to prevent other clients from accessing the pmcd daemon.
To address the information disclosure vulnerability, CVE-2012-3419, a new proc PMDA was introduced, which is disabled by default. If you need access to this information, you need to enable the proc PMDA.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.3-squeeze2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.5.
We recommend that you upgrade your pcp packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-3418, CVE-2012-3419, CVE-2012-3420, CVE-2012-3421 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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