CVE-2006-6679
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 21, 2006 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorChetcpasswd
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2.4
Affected range stops below 2.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (7)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967x_refsource_CONFIRMProduct
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=68912&release_id=466649VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30451CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-863
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