CVE-2006-6682

medium

Description

Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.3.3 provides a different error message when a request with a valid username fails, compared to a request with an invalid username, which allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames on the system.

References

Advisories
More

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/22967

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30454

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-12-21

Updated: 2026-06-16

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