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🗓️ 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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The wu-ftpd package in FreeBSD Ports with versions 2.6.1 and 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service via a glob pattern with a large number of wildcard characters

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52146");
  script_version("2023-07-26T05:05:09+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-26 05:05:09 +0000 (Wed, 26 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-04 20:41:11 +0200 (Thu, 04 Sep 2008)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0256");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_name("FreeBSD Ports: wu-ftpd");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/freebsd", "ssh/login/freebsdrel");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following packages are affected:

  wu-ftpd, wu-ftpd+ipv6

CVE-2005-0256
The wu_fnmatch function in wu_fnmatch.c for wu-fptd 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 copmmand.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update your system with the appropriate patches or
  software upgrades.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110935886414939");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/ef410571-a541-11d9-a788-0001020eed82.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to the system
  as announced in the referenced advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-bsd.inc");

vuln = FALSE;
txt = "";

bver = portver(pkg:"wu-ftpd");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"2.6.2_6")<0) {
  txt += 'Package wu-ftpd version ' + bver + ' is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n';
  vuln = TRUE;
}
bver = portver(pkg:"wu-ftpd+ipv6");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"2.6.2_7")<0) {
  txt += 'Package wu-ftpd+ipv6 version ' + bver + ' is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n';
  vuln = TRUE;
}

if(vuln) {
  security_message(data:txt);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
  exit(99);
}

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26 Jul 2023 00:00Current
6.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.6
CVSS 25
EPSS0.05208
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