Vulnerability CVE-2015-5917
Published: 2015-10-09

Description:
The glob implementation in tnftpd (formerly lukemftpd), as used in Apple OS X before 10.11, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon outage) via a STAT command containing a crafted pattern, as demonstrated by multiple instances of the {..,..,..}/* substring.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
MacOSX 10.10.5 ftpd Resource Exhaustion (APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3) *youtube
Maksymilian Arci...
10.04.2013

Type:

CWE-399

 (Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Netbsd -> Tnftpd 
Luke mewburn -> Tnftpd 

 References:
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76908
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2013040082
https://support.apple.com/HT205267
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBK4QYkUm10
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