14203 : WU-FTPD wu_fnmatch() Function File Globbing Remote DoS
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Timeline

Discovery Date Vendor Informed Date Vendor Ack Date Disclosure Date
2005-02-09 2005-02-09 2005-02-18 2005-02-25
Time to Vendor Response
9 days

Keywords

SCOSA-2005.49, SCOSA-2005.63

Description

WU-FTPD contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition. The issue is due to the wu_fnmatch function in wu_fnmatch.c not properly sanitizing user input. With a specially crafted glob pattern combined with a large number of wildcard characters (*), an attacker can cause the service to use excessive CPU cycles and exhaust all available resources.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

WU-FTPD Development Group
Watch-list
wu-ftpd
Watch-list
2.6.1
2.6.2

References

Tools & Filters

17602 18010 19162
2746

Credit

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-06 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_0 Integrity_impact_0 Availability_impact_1

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