| Name | CVE-2011-0418 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pure-ftpd (PTS) | bullseye | 1.0.49-4.1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.0.50-2.1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.0.50-2.2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| pure-ftpd | source | (unstable) | 1.0.32-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
The attack could not be reproduced on Linux. The upstream change from 1.0.32
only disables GLOB_BRACE, possibly to protect installations with a vulnerable libc