CVE-2006-6683

Severity

78%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

115%

Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.4.1 and earlier verifies and updates user accounts via custom code that processes /etc/shadow and does not follow the PAM configuration, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions implemented through PAM.

Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.4.1 and earlier verifies and updates user accounts via custom code that processes /etc/shadow and does not follow the PAM configuration, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions implemented through PAM.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N).

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

Pedro Lineu Orso Chetcpasswd 2.3.3

2.3.3

References

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

Vendor Advisory

21102

Vendor Advisory

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