Resource Management Errors

Affecting glibc package, versions *

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Overview

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.

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CVSS Score

4.3
low severity
  • Attack Vector
    Network
  • Attack Complexity
    Low
  • Privileges Required
    Low
  • User Interaction
    None
  • Scope
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality
    None
  • Integrity
    None
  • Availability
    Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVE
CVE-2010-4756
CWE
CWE-399
Snyk ID
SNYK-DEBIAN9-GLIBC-356734
Disclosed
02 Mar, 2011
Published
02 Mar, 2011