CVE-2006-6681

high

Description

Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.3.3 does not have a rate limit for client requests, which might allow remote attackers to determine passwords via a dictionary attack.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30455

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/22967

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-12-21

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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