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wu-ftpd ls -W memory exhaustion
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
FTP
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The FTP server does not filter arguments to the ls command. It is possible to consume all available memory on the machine by sending ls '-w 1000000 -C'
Solution
Solution
Contact your vendor for a fix.