CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-6679

7.5 HIGH Published 2006-12-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2006-12-21
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses: CWE-863

Description

Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 relies on the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header when verifying a client's status on an IP address ACL, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access by spoofing this header.

Affected configurations

• chetcpasswd project chetcpasswd (< 2.4)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (3)

CWE-285 Improper Authorization weakness
CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967 Broken Link, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=68912&release_id=466649 Product
http://www.osvdb.org/30544 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30451 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967 Broken Link, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=68912&release_id=466649 Product
http://www.osvdb.org/30544 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30451 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry