Title : NetBSD Security Update Fixes Libc "glob" FTPd Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-5018 CVE ID : CVE-2006-6652
Rated as : High Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-12-15
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in NetBSD, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This issue is due to a buffer overflow error in "glob" when handling malformed arguments, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system (e.g. by sending a malformed pathname to the ftp daemon).
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