CVE-2010-4756

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    CVE-2010-4756

    Published: 2 Mar 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High