CVE-2003-0854

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

GNU Fileutils: 4.0, 4.0.36, 4.1, 4.1.6, 4.1.7
Washington University Wu-Ftpd: 2.4.1, 2.4.2_beta2, 2.4.2_beta18, 2.4.2_beta18_vr4, 2.4.2_beta18_vr5, 2.4.2_beta18_vr6 (+15)

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000768
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000771
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012548.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/10126
http://secunia.com/advisories/17069
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-213.pdf
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-705
http://www.guninski.com/binls.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:106
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-309.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-310.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6014

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