CVE-2003-0854

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0854
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-11-17 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:29:00 UTC
Descriptionls in the fileutils or coreutils packages allows local users to consume a large amount of memory via a large -w value, which can be remotely exploited via applications that use ls, such as wu-ftpd.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Fileutils 4.0 All All All
Application Gnu Fileutils 4.0.36 All All All
Application Gnu Fileutils 4.1 All All All
Application Gnu Fileutils 4.1.6 All All All
Application Gnu Fileutils 4.1.7 All All All
Application Gnu Fileutils 4.0 All All All
Application Gnu Fileutils 4.0.36 All All All
Application Gnu Fileutils 4.1 All All All
Application Gnu Fileutils 4.1.6 All All All
Application Gnu Fileutils 4.1.7 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.1 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18 All academ All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr10 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr11 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr12 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr13 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr14 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr15 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr4 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr5 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr6 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr7 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr8 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr9 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta2 All academ All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_vr16 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_vr17 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.5.0 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.0 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.1 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.2 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.1 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18 All academ All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr10 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr11 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr12 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr13 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr14 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr15 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr4 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr5 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr6 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr7 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr8 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr9 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta2 All academ All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_vr16 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4.2_vr17 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.5.0 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.0 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.1 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-705-1 wu-ftpd DEBIAN www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - Avaya Products "ls" Denial of Service Vulnerabilities SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
wu-ftpd 2.6.2 Remote Denial Of Service Exploit (wuftpd-freezer.c) EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Mandriva Security Advisories MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com
SecurityFocus HOME Advisories: fileutils IMMUNIX www.securityfocus.com
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
Fun with /bin/ls, yet still ls better than windows MISC www.guninski.com
404 Not Found TURBO www.turbolinux.com
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-213.pdf CONFIRM support.avaya.com
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
[Full-Disclosure] Fun with /bin/ls, yet still ls better than windows FULLDISC lists.grok.org.uk
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for fileutils/coreutils SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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