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CVE-2006-6719 Affecting wget package, versions <1.13-1

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    3.08% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-WGET-532991
  • published 23 Dec 2006
  • disclosed 23 Dec 2006
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Introduced: 23 Dec 2006

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How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 wget to version 1.13-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wget package and not the wget package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low