CVE-2006-6679

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-863

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967Broken Link, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=68912&release_id=466649Product
http://www.osvdb.org/30544Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30451Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967Broken Link, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=68912&release_id=466649Product
http://www.osvdb.org/30544Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30451Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Dec 21, 2006
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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