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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-10-25T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:05:12.585Z

Reserved: 2003-10-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2003-0854

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-11-17T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-10-11T01:29:15.467

Link: CVE-2003-0854

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2003-10-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2003-0854 - Bugzilla