# CVE-2011-0419: Stack consumption vulnerability in the fnmatch implementation in apr\_fnmatch.c in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library before 1.4.3 and

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2011-05-16 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in the fnmatch implementation in apr_fnmatch.c in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library before 1.4.3 and the Apache HTTP Server before 2.2.18, and in fnmatch.c in libc in NetBSD 5.1, OpenBSD 4.8, FreeBSD, Apple Mac OS X 10.6, Oracle Solaris 10, and Android, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via *? sequences in the first argument, as demonstrated by attacks against mod_autoindex in httpd.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/44574
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=131731002122529&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134987041210674&w=2
- http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40apr.apache.org/msg23976.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48308
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/98
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=131551295528105&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132033751509019&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14804
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujuly2013-1899826.html
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/fnmatch.c#rev1.22
- http://cxib.net/stuff/apr_fnmatch.txts
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14638
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025527
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1098188
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libc/gen/fnmatch.c#rev1.15
- http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/CHANGES-APR-1.4
- http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/Announcement1.x.html
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1098799
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
- http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/apr/apr/branches/1.4.x/strings/apr_fnmatch.c?r1=731029&r2=1098902
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8246
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2237
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35738

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