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CVE-2005-0256
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 5.2%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (14)
- DSA-705 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 18210 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1762 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1271 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2005-0588 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 57795 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 14411 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1265 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- HPSBUX02110 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 101699 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 19561 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20050225 WU-FTPD File Globbing Denial of Service Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1333 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 14203 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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