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CVE-2005-0256

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

• Washington University Wu-Ftpd: 2.6.1, 2.6.2

References

• http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00637342
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14411
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18210
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19561
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101699-1
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57795-1
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-705
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=207&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.osvdb.org/14203
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0588
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1271

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