ubuntu · CVE-2005-0256

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Priority: medium Published: 2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC Updated: 2025-07-17 16:34:57 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2005-0256 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wu-ftpd), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1.

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.

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