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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2006-12-21

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-388

Affected products

• Chetcpasswd (Chetcpasswd Project)

References

• 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