CVE-2005-0256

Washington University Wu-ftpd - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by str0ke · cdoslinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/842

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References (15)

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-705

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/18210

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1762

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1271

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0588

[Vendor Advisory] http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57795-1

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/14411

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1265

[Various Sources] http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00637342

[Vendor Advisory] http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101699-1

[Various Sources] ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.63/SCOSA-2005.63.txt

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/19561

[Exploit] http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=207&type=vulnerabilities

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1333

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.osvdb.org/14203

Scores

EPSS 0.2655

EPSS Percentile 96.3%

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (2)

washington_university/wu-ftpd 2.6.1

washington_university/wu-ftpd 2.6.2

Published May 02, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026