CVE-2006-6840 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in phpBB before 2.0.22 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors related to a "negative start parameter."

Published: 2007-01-03

Score: 10.0 Critical

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.2.4_rc3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.18:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.20:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.21:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1488-1	New phpbb2 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD	EUVD-2006-6823	Unspecified vulnerability in phpBB before 2.0.22 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors related to a "negative start parameter."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00431.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=405980
http://secunia.com/advisories/28871
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1488
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=489624
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21806

History

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Subscriptions

Phpbb Group Phpbb

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-01-03T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:42:07.437Z

Reserved: 2007-01-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6840

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-6840

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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