Description
filter.d/wuftpd.conf in Fail2ban 0.8.3 uses an incorrect regular expression that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (forced authentication failures) via a crafted reverse-resolved DNS name (rhost) entry that contains a substring that is interpreted as an IP address, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-4321.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 13, 2009
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified