CVE-2005-0256

WU-FTPD 2.6.2 - File Globbing Denial of Service

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-02-09 CVE Reserved
2005-02-25 CVE Published
2005-02-25 First Exploit
2024-02-02 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (16)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.osvdb.org/14203	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1265	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1333	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1762	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/842	2005-02-25
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=207&type=vulnerabilities	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-705	2017-10-11

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.63/SCOSA-2005.63.txt	2017-10-11
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00637342	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/14411	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/18210	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/19561	2017-10-11
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101699-1	2017-10-11
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57795-1	2017-10-11
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0588	2017-10-11
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1271	2017-10-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Washington University Search vendor "Washington University"		Wu-ftpd Search vendor "Washington University" for product "Wu-ftpd"				2.6.1 Search vendor "Washington University" for product "Wu-ftpd" and version "2.6.1"		-		Affected
Washington University Search vendor "Washington University"		Wu-ftpd Search vendor "Washington University" for product "Wu-ftpd"				2.6.2 Search vendor "Washington University" for product "Wu-ftpd" and version "2.6.2"		-		Affected