RHEL 2.1 : fileutils (RHSA-2003:310)

Updated fileutils packages that close a potential denial of service vulnerability are now available. The fileutils package contains several basic system utilities. One of these utilities is the 'ls' program, which is used to list information about files and directories. Georgi Guninski discovered...

CVE-2003-0853

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...

CVE-2003-0853

CVE-2003-0853 refers to an integer overflow in the ls utility within the fileutils/coreutils packages. The flaw can allow local users to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code when applications pass large -w arguments to ls (notably via services such as wu-ftpd). Document...