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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
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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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2025-11-03T21:43:58.193Z
Reserved: 2011-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2010-4756
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Status : Modified
Published: 2011-03-02T20:00:01.037
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2010-4756
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD