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CVE-2001-1501 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000450	CVE
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/169395	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:005	CVE
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000450	[email protected]
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/169395	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:005	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
proftpd project proftpd	1.2.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 21, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]