CVE-2001-1501

Published Dec 31, 2001

Last updated 16 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B8BBF8B2-02E6-4A53-A5FC-DA8D39171753"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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