CVE-2006-6679

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 relies on the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header when verifying a client's status on an IP address ACL, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access by spoofing this header.

Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 relies on the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header when verifying a client's status on an IP address ACL, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access by spoofing this header.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Pedro Lineu Orso Chetcpasswd

First reported 18 years ago

2006-12-21 19:28:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-11-13 18:53:00

Affected Software

Pedro Lineu Orso Chetcpasswd 1.12

1.12

Pedro Lineu Orso Chetcpasswd 2.1

2.1

Pedro Lineu Orso Chetcpasswd 2.2.1

2.2.1

Pedro Lineu Orso Chetcpasswd 2.3.1

2.3.1

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454

Third Party Advisory

20061113 Chetcpasswd 2.x: multiple vulnerabilities

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

22967

Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=68912&release_id=466649

Patch

30544

Broken Link

21102

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

chetcpasswd-xforwardedfor-security-bypass(30451)

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