CVE-2005-0256

Publication date 2 May 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
wu-ftpd 7.04 feisty
Fixed 2.6.2-20
6.10 edgy
Fixed 2.6.2-20
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 2.6.2-20