Washington University: >> Wu-Ftpd >> 2.6.1 Security Vulnerabilities
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.
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.244
Published
2005-05-02
wu-ftpd 2.6.2 and earlier, with the restricted-gid option enabled, allows local users to bypass access restrictions by changing the permissions to prevent access to their home directory, which causes wu-ftpd to use the root directory instead.
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2004-04-15
An integer overflow in ls in the fileutils or coreutils packages may allow local users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a large -w value, which could be remotely exploited via applications that use ls, such as wu-ftpd.
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.024
Published
2003-11-17
ls in the fileutils or coreutils packages allows local users to consume a large amount of memory via a large -w value, which can be remotely exploited via applications that use ls, such as wu-ftpd.
CVSS Score
2.1
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2003-11-17
wu-ftpd 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a "~{" argument to commands such as CWD, which is not properly handled by the glob function (ftpglob).
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.728
Published
2001-11-30
Vulnerability in wu-ftpd 2.6.0, and possibly earlier versions, which is unrelated to the ftpglob bug described in CVE-2001-0550.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2001-11-28