CVE-2005-0256

WU-FTPD 2.6.2 - File Globbing Denial of Service

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS 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