CVE-2006-6682 (GCVE-0-2006-6682)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-12-21 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:33
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/30545 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454 x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2006-10-21 00:00
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