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CVE-2005-0256
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 5/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=207&type=vulnerabilities
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-705
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57795-1
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.63/SCOSA-2005.63.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18210
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14411
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19561
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101699-1
- http://www.osvdb.org/14203
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1271
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0588
- http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00637342
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1