CVE-2006-6679 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 relies on the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header when verifying a client's status on an IP address ACL, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access by spoofing this header.

Published: 2006-12-21

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:chetcpasswd_project:chetcpasswd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01612.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=68912&release_id=466649
http://www.osvdb.org/30544
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30451

History

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Subscriptions

Chetcpasswd Project Chetcpasswd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-21T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:33:59.888Z

Reserved: 2006-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6679

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-12-21T19:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-6679

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-863

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