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CVE-2011-0418 json

The glob implementation in Pure-FTPd before 1.0.32, and in libc in NetBSD 5.1, does not properly expand expressions containing curly bracke…

published 2011-05-24 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-0444

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.3%
EPSS 7.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • pure-ftpd Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.32-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0418

  • pure-ftpd openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.0.43-1.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10318-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-0418 updated cvss 5.0

pure-ftpd: GLOB_BRACE|GLOB_LIMIT memory exhaustion

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-24450)

Exploit prediction

7.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-24450 FreeBSD 9.1 - 'ftpd' Remote Denial of Service dos, 2013-02-05
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47671 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityreason.com http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/97 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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