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FTP Glob Overflow

advICE :Intrusions : 2001330
 FAQ
Oh my gosh, I'm being HACKED!!!
How do I report the hacker to my ISP?
I'm seeing lots of attacks, is this normal?
Summary

A long command with binary characters was sent to the FTP system, possibly indicating a buffer overflow or format string attempt.

Details

Some systems are vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack against a command with "globbing" characters, making the effective buffer very long.

 more information
CVE-2001-0247  
 
CERT: CA-2001-07  
 
BugtraqID: 2548  
 
advICE: Buffer overflows  
More about this general class of attacks, which is the root cause of many attacks on the Internet.  
 
Version appeared: 3.0 

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