CVE-2006-6682 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.3.3 provides a different error message when a request with a valid username fails, compared to a request with an invalid username, which allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames on the system.

Published: 2006-12-21

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:chetcpasswd_project:chetcpasswd:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-6665	Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.3.3 provides a different error message when a request with a valid username fails, compared to a request with an invalid username, which allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames on the system.

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 None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00882.

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.osvdb.org/30545
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30454

History

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Subscriptions

Chetcpasswd Project Chetcpasswd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:33:59.875Z

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

Link: CVE-2006-6682

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2006-6682

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-388

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