CVE-2011-0762 EXPLOIT
4.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 73.9% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The vsf_filename_passes_filter function in ls.c in vsftpd before 2.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and process slot exhaustion) via crafted glob expressions in STAT commands in multiple FTP sessions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2632.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 73.95% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-400 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2011-03-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (6)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| opensuse | opensuse |
| suse | linux enterprise server |
| vsftpd project | vsftpd |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | vsftpd 2.3.2 - Denial of Service | 2011-03-02 |
References
- ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-2.3.4/Changelog
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=622741
- http://cxib.net/stuff/vspoc232.c
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN37417423/index.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055881.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055882.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055957.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133226187115472&w=2
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/95
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8109
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2305
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16270
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/590604
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:049
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0337.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516748/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46617
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025186
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1098-1
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