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CVE-2006-6682

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-12-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-388

Description

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.

Affected products

• Chetcpasswd Project Chetcpasswd: 2.3.3

References

• 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.osvdb.org/30545
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30454
• 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.osvdb.org/30545
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30454

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