CVE-2010-4756

The glob implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via crafted glob expressions that do not match any pathnames, as demonstrated by glob expressions in STAT commands to an FTP daemon, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2632.

CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://securityreason.com/exploitalert/9223	Exploit
http://cxib.net/stuff/glob-0day.c	Exploit
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/89	Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4756
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681681

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2011-03-02 12:00

Updated : 2021-09-01 05:15

NVD link : CVE-2010-4756

Mitre link : CVE-2010-4756

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

Products Affected

gnu

glibc

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