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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.3% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-WGET-17966320
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • disclosed23 Dec 2006

Introduced: 23 Dec 2006

CVE-2006-6719  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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 Base Scores

version 3.1