CVE-2001-1501

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 38.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

ProFTPD Project Proftpd: 1.2.1

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000450
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/169395
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:005
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000450
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/169395
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:005

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