CVE-2006-0599

medium

Description

The (1) elog.c and (2) elogd.c components in elog before 2.5.7 r1558-4 generate different responses depending on whether or not a username is valid, which allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24706

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16579

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-967

http://secunia.com/advisories/18783

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349528

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/0003-r1472-Do-not-distinguish-between-invalid-user-name-and-invalid-password.txt?bug=349528%3Bmsg=15%3Batt=3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-02-13

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N