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CVE-2006-6684

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 3%

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long X-Forwarded-For HTTP header. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDBVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/30546

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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