CVE-2003-0854
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2003-0854 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2003-11-17 05:00:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC |
| Description | ls 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
Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandriva Security Advisories | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Home - Conectiva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | distro.conectiva.com.br | |
| Fun with /bin/ls, yet still ls better than windows | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.guninski.com | |
| redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| wu-ftpd 2.6.2 Remote Denial Of Service Exploit (wuftpd-freezer.c) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.exploit-db.com | |
| Home - Conectiva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | distro.conectiva.com.br | |
| SecurityFocus HOME Advisories: fileutils | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-705-1 wu-ftpd | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-213.pdf | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.avaya.com | |
| [Full-Disclosure] Fun with /bin/ls, yet still ls better than windows | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.grok.org.uk | |
| Secunia - Advisories - Avaya Products "ls" Denial of Service Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for fileutils/coreutils | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| 404 Not Found | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.turbolinux.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.