CVE-2010-4754

Public Exploit

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.

Category

4.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.83% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory netbsd.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/89 third party advisory exploit
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723
http://securityreason.com/exploitalert/9223 exploit
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://cxib.net/stuff/glob-0day.c exploit
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2010-008.txt.asc vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8116 third party advisory
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.c#rev1.18.10.1 patch
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.3#rev1.30.12.1 patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4754?
CVE-2010-4754 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4754?
To fix CVE-2010-4754, 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-2010-4754 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-4754 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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