CVE-2003-0853

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An integer overflow in ls in the fileutils or coreutils packages may allow local users to cause a denial of service or e

An integer overflow in ls in the fileutils or coreutils packages may allow local users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a large -w value, which could be remotely exploited via applications that use ls, such as wu-ftpd.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.02438

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Affected Products & Versions

gnu fileutilsall versions

washington university wu-ftpdall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

dosCoreutils 4.5.x - LS Width Argument Integer Overflowverified

pocwww.securityfocus.com · 8875www.securityfocus.com

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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

snort-communityPROTOCOL-FTP LIST integer overflow attemptmisc-attack

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published to NVD17 Nov 2003 · 05:00 AM

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Vendor Advisories

rhsaRHSA-2003:309Moderate

rhsaRHSA-2003:310Moderate

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000768

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000771

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012548.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/10126

http://secunia.com/advisories/17069

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-213.pdf

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http://www.guninski.com/binls.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:106

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-309.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-310.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6014

http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-60.txt

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