CVE-2001-0247
N/A
Published: May 24, 2001 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:53 PM UTC
5 products affected across 5 vendorsFreeBSDOpenBSDIrix
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 19%
Description
Buffer overflows in BSD-based FTP servers allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long pattern string containing a {} sequence, as seen in (1) g_opendir, (2) g_lstat, (3) g_stat, and (4) the glob0 buffer as used in the glob functions glob2 and glob3.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-018.txt.asc
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20010802-01-P
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-04/0466.html
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-07.html
- http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/048.asp
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_NETBSDPatch
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-018.txt.ascVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20010802-01-PVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-04/0466.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-07.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_NAI
Source: [email protected]
http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/048.aspVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2548VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6332Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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