Vulnerability in Chetcpasswd Project

CVE-2006-6682

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.

EPSS: 0.019 (78.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, x_refsource_OSVDB, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
  • cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List)
  • cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)