CVE-2006-6679

7.5 HIGH

Published: December 21, 2006 Modified: April 23, 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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22967

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Permissions Required Third Party Advisory

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=68912&release_id=466649

Source: cve@mitre.org

Product

http://www.osvdb.org/30544

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30451

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454