PT-2006-7283 · Chet · Chetcpasswd

Riclem · Published 2006-12-21 · Updated 2019-11-14 · CVE-2006-6682

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: chetcpasswd version 2.3.3

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames on the system by providing different error messages for requests with valid and invalid usernames.

Recommendations: For chetcpasswd version 2.3.3, consider modifying the error handling mechanism to provide generic error messages for both valid and invalid username requests, thereby preventing attackers from determining valid usernames. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-388

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-6682

Affected Products

Chetcpasswd

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6682 · Security Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/30545 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22967 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30454 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/21102 · Note