Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2010-4756 (CCN-65909)

Assigned:2010-10-07
Published:2010-10-07
Updated:2021-09-01
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:3.5 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:4.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.2 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.2 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-399
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2010-4756

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit
http://cxib.net/stuff/glob-0day.c

Source: SREASONRES
Type: Exploit
20101007 Multiple Vendors libc/glob(3) resource exhaustion (+0day remote ftpd-anon)

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit
http://securityreason.com/exploitalert/9223

Source: CCN
Type: GNU C Library Web page
GNC C Library - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681681

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4756

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
gnuclibrary-glob-dos(65909)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20104756
    V
    CVE-2010-4756
    2022-05-20
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25222
    P
    SUSE-SU-2013:1287-1 -- Security update for glibc
    2014-09-08
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25868
    P
    SUSE-SU-2013:1251-1 -- Security update for glibc
    2014-09-08
    BACK
    gnu glibc *
    gnu glibc *