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Date:      Sat, 17 Mar 2001 12:50:41 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Alexandr Kovalenko <neve_ripe@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Not only ftpd's problem with ls */../*.....
Message-ID:  <20010317125041.D22316@mollari.cthul.hu>
In-Reply-To: <69456482176.20010317211056@yahoo.com>; from neve_ripe@yahoo.com on Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 09:10:56PM %2B0200
References:  <69456482176.20010317211056@yahoo.com>

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On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 09:10:56PM +0200, Alexandr Kovalenko wrote:
> Dear Sirs,
>=20
> problem with glob is not only ftpd's problem.
>=20
> The folowing was run from regular user...
>=20
> time ls */../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*
> Out of memory.
> 8.990u 64.850s 1:57.38 62.9%    0+0k 0+0io 2784pf+10305w

There are lots of ways you can use up lots of memory from a shell.
Use resource limits if you care.

Kris

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