CVE-2006-6719

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2006-6719 · Published 23/12/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-6719 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting wget (gnu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.3%, higher than 91.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wget gnu	`= 1.10= 1.10.1= 1.10.2= 1.5.3= 1.6= 1.7= 1.7.1= 1.8= 1.8.1= 1.8.2= 1.9= 1.9.1`	No fix yet

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.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

wget

gnu

= 1.10= 1.10.1= 1.10.2= 1.5.3= 1.6= 1.7= 1.7.1= 1.8= 1.8.1= 1.8.2= 1.9= 1.9.1

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