CVE-2011-0762
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 73.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-03-02 19:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-02-03
- Assigning CNA
- certcc
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d55962535b12a38bc7650d2e43b4934209fcfbedc98b9e9e68b8c4ebdaad6f16
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-2590http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055882.html
- marc.infoHPSBMU02752http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133226187115472&w=2
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2011:009http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=622741
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-2615http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055881.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0639http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0639
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0668http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0668
- www.debian.orgDSA-2305http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2305
- www.securityfocus.com20110301 vsftpd 2.3.2 remote denial-of-servicehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516748/100/0/threaded
- securityreason.com8109http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8109
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0547http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0547
- www.exploit-db.com16270http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16270
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comvsftpd-vsffilenamepassesfilter-dos(65873)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65873
- cxib.nethttp://cxib.net/stuff/vspoc232.c
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:049http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:049
- vsftpd.beasts.orgftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-2.3.4/Changelog
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0713http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0713
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-2567http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055957.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1098-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1098-1
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#590604http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/590604
- www.securitytracker.com1025186http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025186
- www.securityfocus.com46617http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46617
- securityreason.com20110301 vsftpd 2.3.2 remote denial-of-servicehttp://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/95
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0337http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0337.html
- jvn.jpJVN#37417423http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN37417423/index.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- vsftpd Fixed in 2.3.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- vsftpd Fixed in 2.3.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- vsftpd Fixed in 2.3.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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