CVE-2003-0853

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

GNU Fileutils

First reported 21 years ago

2003-11-17 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:20:00

Affected Software

GNU Fileutils 4.0

4.0

GNU Fileutils 4.0.36

4.0.36

GNU Fileutils 4.1

4.1

GNU Fileutils 4.1.6

4.1.6

GNU Fileutils 4.1.7

4.1.7

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