CVE-2006-6681 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00877.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Chetcpasswd	Chetcpasswd

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:chetcpasswd:chetcpasswd:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-6664	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30455

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-21T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:33:59.871Z

Reserved: 2006-12-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-6681

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-12-21T19:28:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-6681

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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