CVE-2006-6681 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.3.3 does not have a rate limit for client requests, which might allow remote attackers to determine passwords via a dictionary attack.

Published: 2006-12-21

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very 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:chetcpasswd:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-6664	Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.3.3 does not have a rate limit for client requests, which might allow remote attackers to determine passwords via a dictionary attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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 0.00911.

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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30455

History

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Subscriptions

Chetcpasswd Chetcpasswd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:33:59.871Z

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

Link: CVE-2006-6681

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2006-6681

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

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