Buffer overflow in Pedro Lineu Orso Chetcpasswd

CVE-2006-6685

Heap-based buffer overflow in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.3.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long REMOTE_ADDR environment variable. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (33.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)