CVE-2006-6682

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-388

Affected software

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

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/30545Broken Link, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30454VDB Entry
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/30545Broken Link, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30454VDB Entry

Timeline

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

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