CVE-2006-6719

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 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: 2006-12-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The ftp_syst function in ftp-basic.c in Free Software Foundation (FSF) GNU wget 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malicious FTP server with a large number of blank 220 responses to the SYST command.

Affected products

gnuwget wget: 1.5.3, 1.6, 1.7, 1.7.1, 1.8, 1.8.1 (+6)

References

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:017
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21650
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-930
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2947
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:017
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21650
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-930
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2947

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