CVE-2006-6684

N/A Unknown
Published: December 21, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long X-Forwarded-For HTTP header. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

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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
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/30546
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/30546
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.9%
83th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

pedro_lineu_orso