CVE-2006-6679 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Chetcpasswd Project	Chetcpasswd

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=68912&release_id=466649
http://www.osvdb.org/30544
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30451

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-21T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:33:59.888Z

Reserved: 2006-12-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-6679

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-12-21T19:28:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-6679

Redhat

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