CVE-2006-6684 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2006-6684

Heap-based buffer overflow in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4...

Vulnerability Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long X-Forwarded-For HTTP header. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

pedro lineu orso

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Affected Software

chetcpasswd
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.3.1

Timeline

Official Publish: December 21st, 2006
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.