CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-6683
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-12-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.4.1 and earlier verifies and updates user accounts via custom code that processes /etc/shadow and does not follow the PAM configuration, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions implemented through PAM.
Affected configurations
• pedro lineu orso chetcpasswd (<= 2.4.1)
• pedro lineu orso chetcpasswd 1.12
• pedro lineu orso chetcpasswd 2.1
• pedro lineu orso chetcpasswd 2.2.1
• pedro lineu orso chetcpasswd 2.3.1
• pedro lineu orso chetcpasswd 2.3.3
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102 Vendor Advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102 Vendor Advisory