Denial of Service Vulnerability in GNU Wget by Free Software Foundation
CVE-2006-6719

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Key Information:

Vendor: Gnu
Status: Wget
Vendor: CVE Published:; 23 December 2006

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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2006-6719?

The ftp_syst function in version 1.10.2 of GNU Wget is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack. If exploited by a malicious FTP server, this vulnerability can cause the application to crash when it receives a large number of empty 220 responses to the SYST command. This poses a risk to users relying on this utility for secure file transfers, leading to potential service disruptions.

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Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

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CVE-2006-6719 - Proof of Concept