CVE-2010-4052 (GCVE-0-2010-4052)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-01-13 18:35 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:34
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Stack consumption vulnerability in the regcomp implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.11.3, and 2.12.x through 2.12.2, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a regular expression containing adjacent repetition operators, as demonstrated by a {10,}{10,}{10,}{10,} sequence in the proftpd.gnu.c exploit for ProFTPD.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45233 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
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| http://cxib.net/stuff/proftpd.gnu.c | x_refsource_MISC |
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| http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/93 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRES |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645859 | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2010-12-07 00:00
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"current_release_date": "2026-01-28T23:04:54+00:00",
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