CVE-2010-4756

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.0
Exploit probability—
ProductGnu Glibc
PublishedMar 2, 2011
First seenMar 2, 2011

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
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