CVE-2011-0418 EXPLOIT
4.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.3% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.26% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2011-05-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| netbsd | netbsd |
| pureftpd | pure-ftpd |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | FreeBSD 9.1 - 'ftpd' Remote Denial of Service | 2013-02-05 |
References
- 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
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/97
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8228
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:094
- http://www.pureftpd.org/project/pure-ftpd/news
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47671
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1273
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704283
- 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
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/97
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8228
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:094
- http://www.pureftpd.org/project/pure-ftpd/news
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47671
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1273
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704283
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