CVE-2010-4756

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-4756
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-03-02 20:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
681681 – (CVE-2010-4756) CVE-2010-4756 glibc: glob implementation can cause excessive CPU and memory consumption due to crafted glob expressions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
681681 – (CVE-2010-4756) CVE-2010-4756 glibc: glob implementation can cause excessive CPU and memory consumption due to crafted glob expressions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
PoC for multiple vendors ftpd (libc/glob) resource exhaustion [CVE-2010-2632] - ExploitAlert - SecurityReason.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com Exploit
All about me - Maksymilian Arciemowicz - cxib.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cxib.net Exploit
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com
Multiple Vendors libc/glob(3) resource exhaustion (+0day remote ftpd-anon) ( Research Advisory ) - SecurityReason.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com Exploit
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900034 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for glibc 2.28
  • 901006 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for glibc (6441)
  • 903640 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for glibc (2551)
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