CVE-2010-4756

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2010-10-07
Bugzilla:
681681: CVE-2010-4756 glibc: glob implementation can cause excessive CPU and memory consumption due to crafted glob expressions

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2010-4756 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 glibc Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 glibc Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 glibc Will not fix

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