CVE-2005-0256

Description

The wu_fnmatch function in wu_fnmatch.c in wu-ftpd 2.6.1 and 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion by recursion) via a glob pattern with a large number of * (wildcard) characters, as demonstrated using the dir command.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1762

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1333

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1265

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1271

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0588

http://www.osvdb.org/14203

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-705

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57795-1

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101699-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/19561

http://secunia.com/advisories/18210

http://secunia.com/advisories/14411

http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00637342

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3