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A vulnerability has been found in GNU wget up to 1.10.2 (Automation Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function ftp_syst
of the file ftp-basic.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The bug was discovered 12/18/2006. The weakness was released 12/23/2006 by Federico L. Bossi Bonin (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-6719 since 12/22/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.
A public exploit has been developed in Perl. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24632 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : wget (MDKSA-2007:017)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31184), Tenable (24632) and Exploit-DB (2947).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
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Nessus ID: 24632
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : wget (MDKSA-2007:017)
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OpenVAS ID: 861276
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Sources
Vendor: gnu.orgAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Federico L. Bossi Bonin
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-6719 (🔍)
X-Force: 31184
Vulnerability Center: 14083 - GNU Wget Denial of Service via FTP Server with A Large Number Of Blank 220 Responses, Medium
SecurityFocus: 21650 - GNU Wget FTP_Syst Function Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 32755 - GNU - Wget - FTP_Syst Function - Remote Denial of Service Issue
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 22:21Updated: 07/13/2019 21:27
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (78), 07/13/2019 21:27 (9)
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