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
Published May 24, 2001
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 19.32%
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 products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 1.1.1
- 1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 6.1
- 6.5.1
- 6.5.2m
- 6.5.3
- 6.5.3f
- 6.5.3m
- 6.5.4
- 6.5.5
- 6.5.6
- 6.5.7
- 6.5.8
- 6.5.10
- 6.5.11
Configuration 2
- 2.2
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.2.6
- 2.2.8
- 3.0
- 3.1
- 3.2
- 3.3
- 3.4
- 3.5
- 3.5.1
- 4.0
- 4.1
- 4.1.1
- 4.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.3
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.4
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.5
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.7
- 2.8
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 19.32% (0.19318) | 97.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 19.32% (0.19318) | 96.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 35.17% (0.35170) | 96.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 33.95% (0.33946) | 95.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 35.17% (0.35170) | 96.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 43.35% (0.43350) | 97.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 1.90% (0.01899) | 88.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.90% (0.01899) | 86.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 92.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 91.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 79.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-018.txt.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSDPatch
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20010802-01-P vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-04/0466.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-07.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/048.asp vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NAI
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2548 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6332 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-018.txt.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSDPatch | |
| ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20010802-01-P | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-04/0466.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-07.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/048.asp | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NAI | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2548 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6332 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.