wu-ftpd ls -W memory exhaustion

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Test ID: 11912
Category: FTP
Title: wu-ftpd ls -W memory exhaustion
Summary: send ls -w 1000000 -C to the remote FTP server
Description:
The FTP server does not ****** arguments to the ls command.
It is possible to consume all available memory on the machine
by sending
ls "-w 1000000 -C"
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Solution : Contact your vendor for a fix
Risk factor : High
Copyright: Copyright (C) 2003 Michel Arboi
Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CAN-2003-0853
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Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2003:768
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Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2003:771
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Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CAN-2003-0854