The glob implementation in libc in FreeBSD 7.3 and 8.1,...
Vulnerability Description
The glob implementation in libc in FreeBSD 7.3 and 8.1, NetBSD 5.0.2, and OpenBSD 4.7, and Libsystem in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.8, 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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References
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/89
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723
- http://securityreason.com/exploitalert/9223
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html
- http://cxib.net/stuff/glob-0day.c
- http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2010-008.txt.asc
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8116
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.c#rev1.18.10.1
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.3#rev1.30.12.1
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