CVE-2006-2172

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-05-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Gene6 FTP Server 3.1.0 allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to (1) MKD or (2) XMKD, as demonstrated by the Infigo FTPStress Fuzzer.

Affected products

Gene6 G6 Ftp Server: 3.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19965
http://www.infigo.hr/en/in_focus/tools
http://www.osvdb.org/25238
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432839/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17810
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1658
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26237
http://secunia.com/advisories/19965
http://www.infigo.hr/en/in_focus/tools
http://www.osvdb.org/25238
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432839/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17810

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