CVE-2001-1501

Summary

CVECVE-2001-1501
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-10 19:10:00 UTC
DescriptionThe glob functionality in ProFTPD 1.2.1, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via commands with large numbers of wildcard and other special characters, as demonstrated using an ls command with multiple (1) "*/..", (2) "*/.*", or (3) ".*./*?/" sequences in the argument.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.1 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.2.1 All All All

References

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