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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2001-1501

CVE-2001-1501

Description

The glob functionality in ProFTPD 1.2.1, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via commands with large numbers of wildcard and other special characters, as demonstrated using an ls command with multiple (1) "*/..", (2) "*/.*", or (3) ".*./*?/" sequences in the argument.

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Affected products

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  • Proftpd/Proftpd2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 1.2.1

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