CVE-2010-4052

Public Exploit

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in the regcomp implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.11.3, and 2.12.x through 2.12.2, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a regular expression containing adjacent repetition operators, as demonstrated by a {10,}{10,}{10,}{10,} sequence in the proftpd.gnu.c exploit for ProFTPD.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.95% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/42547 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024832 vdb entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Jan/78 exploit mailing list
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/912279 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45233 vdb entry exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515589/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://cxib.net/stuff/proftpd.gnu.c patch
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15935 exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8003 third party advisory exploit
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/93 third party advisory exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645859 exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4052?
CVE-2010-4052 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4052?
To fix CVE-2010-4052, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-4052 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-4052 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~10% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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