CVE-2011-0418

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    CVE-2011-0418

    Published: 24 May 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:094, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1273, http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/97, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47671, http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.c#rev1.28, http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.c.diff?r1=1.27&r2=1.28&f=h, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704283, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8228, http://www.pureftpd.org/project/pure-ftpd/news

    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