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CVE-2006-6685

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% 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-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.3.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long REMOTE_ADDR environment variable. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

• Pedro Lineu Orso Chetcpasswd: 2.3.3

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/22967
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22967

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