RE: proftpd exploit??

["Bojan Zdrnja" <Bojan.Zdrnja@FER.hr>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcelo Drudi Miranda [mailto:drudis@terra.com.br]
> Sent: 26. svibanj 2001 4:49
> To: debian-security@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: proftpd exploit??
>
>
> Em Thu, 24 May 2001 20:34:56 +0200
> Matthias Richter <matthias@vielfalt.de> escreveu:
>
> > Andres Herrera wrote on Thu May 24, 2001 at 07:43:50PM:
> > [proftpd exploit ls
> ../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../]
> > > Any solution??
> >
>
> This is a exploit or a Dos atack?

That is in fact DoS attack. ftpd process will probably start eating as much
memory as available.

Regards,

Bojan Zdrnja