CVE-2011-0762

Public Exploit

Description

The vsf_filename_passes_filter function in ls.c in vsftpd before 2.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and process slot exhaustion) via crafted glob expressions in STAT commands in multiple FTP sessions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2632.

Category

4.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 26.86% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055882.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133226187115472&w=2 issue tracking third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=622741 issue tracking third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055881.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0639 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0668 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2305 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516748/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8109 third party advisory exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0547 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16270 exploit vdb entry third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65873 vdb entry third party advisory
http://cxib.net/stuff/vspoc232.c broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:049 third party advisory vendor advisory
ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-2.3.4/Changelog broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0713 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055957.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1098-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/590604 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025186 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46617 exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/95 third party advisory exploit
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0337.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN37417423/index.html third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-0762?
CVE-2011-0762 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-0762?
To fix CVE-2011-0762, 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-2011-0762 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-0762 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~27% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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