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CVE-2011-0418
The glob implementation in Pure-FTPd before 1.0.32, and in libc in NetBSD 5.1, does not properly expand expressions containing curly…
Medium4.0EPSS 7.3%
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Description
The glob implementation in Pure-FTPd before 1.0.32, and in libc in NetBSD 5.1, does not properly expand expressions containing curly brackets, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted FTP STAT command.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.3% · top 5.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.c#rev1.28 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-1273 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:094 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.c.diff?r1=1.27&r2=1.28&f=h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704283 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 47671 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20110502 Multiple Vendors libc/glob(3) GLOB_BRACE|GLOB_LIMIT memory exhaustion (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRESx_transferred
- 8228 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://www.pureftpd.org/project/pure-ftpd/news (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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