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CVE-2006-6679 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967 CVEBroken LinkPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30451 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=68912&release_id=466649 CVEProduct

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-863Incorrect Authorization[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
chetcpasswd project chetcpasswd
< 2.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:chetcpasswd_project:chetcpasswd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-6679
NVD Published Date:
Dec 21, 2006
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2006-6679 Details - Not Deferred