CVE-2005-0256

Summary

CVECVE-2005-0256
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 itrc.hp.com
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.63/SCOSA-2005.63.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-705-1 wu-ftpd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Accenture | Let there be change af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.idefense.com Exploit
Secunia - Advisories - WU-FTPD Wildcard Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.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) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Secunia - Advisories - SCO OpenServer update for wu-ftpd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/14203 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - HP-UX update for wu-ftpd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 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) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.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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