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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-1478 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:58:11.373Z

Reserved: 2005-06-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2001-1501

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2001-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2001-1501

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