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.
Published: 2011-03-02
Score: 4.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-4721 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.
History

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References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:43:58.193Z

Reserved: 2011-03-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-4756

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-03-02T20:00:01.037

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-4756

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2010-10-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-4756 - Bugzilla

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