Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 18, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2001-0249

Description

Heap overflow in FTP daemon in Solaris 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by creating a long pathname and calling the LIST command, which uses glob to generate long strings.

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Affected products

Microfocus/Hpux
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Oracle Corporation/Solaris
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Sgi/Irix
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: >=6.5,<=6.5.20
Sun Corporation/Solarisllm-fuzzy
Range: = 8

Patches

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References

www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-07.htmlnvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
www.securityfocus.com/bid/2550nvdBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6332nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/048.aspnvdBroken Link

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