CVE-2001-0247
highpriority · attend · 57EPSS 0.193 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (3)
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- EDB-20732FreeBSD 4.2-stable - FTPd 'glob()' Remote Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-20733OpenBSD 2.x < 2.8 FTPd - 'glob()' Remote Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (52)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-04/0466.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-07.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/048.aspenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2548enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6332enisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-04/0466.htmlPatchVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-07.htmlPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcenvd
- http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/048.aspnvd
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