CVE-2006-6682
N/A
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
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
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 (6)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken LinkPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/30545VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30454Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-388
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