CVE-2005-0256

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-0256
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.1 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.2 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.1 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
#101699: Security Vulnerability in the WU-FTPD "wu_fnmatch" Function May Result in a Denial of Service (DoS) (formerly Document ID: 57795) SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
SCOSA-2005.63 SCO ftp.sco.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-705-1 wu-ftpd DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Accenture | Let there be change IDEFENSE www.idefense.com Exploit
Secunia - Advisories - HP-UX update for wu-ftpd SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SSRT061110 HP itrc.hp.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - SCO OpenServer update for wu-ftpd SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
#101699: Security Vulnerability in the WU-FTPD "wu_fnmatch" Function May Result in a Denial of Service (DoS) (formerly Document ID: 57795) SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Secunia - Advisories - WU-FTPD Wildcard Denial of Service Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
14203 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-10-23Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 shipped with wu-ftpd, however we were unable to reproduce this issue. Additionally, a code analysis showed that attempts to exploit this issue would be caught in the versions we shipped. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=149720
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