CVE-2005-0256
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Puntuación base: 5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 5.21%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 92
- Fecha de la puntuación: 3/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-119
Referencias
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.63/SCOSA-2005.63.txt
- 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
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1265
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1333
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1762
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.63/SCOSA-2005.63.txt
- 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
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1265
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1333
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1762
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