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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T21:05:25.485Z
Reserved: 2005-02-09T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2005-0256

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2005-0256

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