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Vulnerability record · CVE-2001-0247 · published 18 June 2001

CVE-2001-0247: Mit kerberos 5 vulnerability

Mit · Kerberos 5

Buffer overflows in BSD-based FTP servers allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long pattern string containing a {} sequence, as seen in (1) g_opendir, (2) g_lstat, (3) g_stat, and (4) the glob0 buffer as used in the glob functions glob2 and glob3.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 19% · top 2.7%
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
19%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
5Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflows in BSD-based FTP servers allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long pattern string containing a {} sequence, as seen in (1) g_opendir, (2) g_lstat, (3) g_stat, and (4) the glob0 buffer as used in the glob functions glob2 and glob3.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

5 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-018.txt.asc Patch
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20010802-01-P
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-04/0466.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-07.html PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/048.asp
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2548 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6332
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-018.txt.asc Patch
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20010802-01-P
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-04/0466.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-07.html PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/048.asp
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2548 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6332

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2001-0247), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.