CVE-2015-5917

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-10-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

NetBSD Tnftpd: all versions

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
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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