CVE-2006-6684
Heap-based buffer overflow in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long X-Forwarded-For HTTP header.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long X-Forwarded-For HTTP header. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.89% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- pedro lineu orso/chetcpasswd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22967Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/30546Vendor Advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22967Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/30546Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.