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Re: WU-FTPD 2.6.2 Freezer

From: Seth Arnold <sarnold () wirex com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:40:44 -0800

On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 02:55:43PM -0000, Angelo Rosiello wrote:

      for( i=0; i<loop; i++ )
      {
              write( sd, "LIST -w 1000000 -C\n", 19 );
      }


It is probably worth pointing out that it is FSF ls(1) at fault here;
wu-ftpd just provides a convenient way for potentially unauthenticated
users to DoS the machine. If your OS supports rlimits (ulimit(3)), I
believe they will provide reliable protection against this problem.

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