PT-2006-3214 · Kessler Consulting · Webcalendar

David Maciejak · CVE-2006-2247 · Published 2006-05-09 · Updated 2018-10-18

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WebCalendar versions 1.0.1 through 1.0.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by generating different error messages depending on whether a username is valid or not.

Recommendations For versions 1.0.1 through 1.0.3, consider modifying the error handling mechanism to return generic error messages, avoiding the disclosure of valid usernames. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-2247

DSA-1056-1

Affected Products

Webcalendar

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2247 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19974 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1056 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/25280 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/17853 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20108 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/433053/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/433077/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26262 · Note