CVE-2006-6681
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.48% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- chetcpasswd/chetcpasswd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2Mailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22967Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30455
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2Mailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22967Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30455
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.