VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-6682
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.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.94%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.94%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.94% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-388
- Affected
- chetcpasswd project/chetcpasswd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2Mailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22967Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/30545Broken Link, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30454VDB Entry
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2Mailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22967Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/30545Broken Link, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30454VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.