CVE-2011-0418 Information

Description

The glob implementation in Pure-FTPd before 1.0.32 and in libc in NetBSD 5.1 does not properly expand expressions containing curly brackets which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted FTP STAT command.

Reference

http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.crev1.28 http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.c.diff?r1=1.27&r2=1.28&f=h http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/97 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8228 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:094 http://www.pureftpd.org/project/pure-ftpd/news http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47671 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1273 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704283 The glob implementation in Pure-FTPd before 1.0.32 and in libc in NetBSD 5.1 does not properly expand expressions containing curly brackets which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted FTP STAT command.