CVE-2005-0256 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in wu-ftpd versions 2.6.1 and 2.6.2, where a remote attacker can exhaust CPU resources through a recursive glob pattern with numerous wildcard characters. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows for an unauthenticated network attack resulting in partial availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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