CVE-2005-0256

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.

Date published : 2005-02-25

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-705

http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00637342