CVE-2011-0762

Published: Mar 2, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-400

4.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:SAuthentication

Single

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected Products

vsftpd project

oss-projectaka vsftpd

vsftpdOn-prem

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

canonical

commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.

ubuntu linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

fedoraproject

oss-project·USaka fedora project

fedoraOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

debian

oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux

debian linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

opensuse

oss-project·DE

opensuseOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

suse

commercial·DE

linux enterprise serverOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

4 exploit sources identified

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References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055882.html

lists.fedoraproject.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133226187115472&w=2

marc.info

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html

lists.opensuse.org

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