CVE-2001-1501

Medium

Description

The 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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductProftpd
PublishedDec 31, 2001
First seenDec 31, 2001

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
proftpd_project proftpd1.2.1—

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