CVE-2006-0599

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) elog.c and (2) elogd.c components in elog before 2.5.7 r1558-4 generate different responses depending on whether or not a username is valid, which allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames.

Affected products

Stefan Ritt Elog Web Logbook: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+12)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/0003-r1472-Do-not-distinguish-between-invalid-user-name-and-invalid-password.txt?bug=349528%3Bmsg=15%3Batt=3
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349528
http://secunia.com/advisories/18783
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-967
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16579
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24706
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/0003-r1472-Do-not-distinguish-between-invalid-user-name-and-invalid-password.txt?bug=349528%3Bmsg=15%3Batt=3
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349528
http://secunia.com/advisories/18783
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-967
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16579
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24706

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