CVE-2006-6679

Description

Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 relies on the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header when verifying a client's status on an IP address ACL, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access by spoofing this header.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.24% Top 25%
Third-Party Advisory secunia.com Third-Party Advisory debian.org Third-Party Advisory marc.info Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com Third-Party Advisory ibmcloud.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=68912&release_id=466649 product
http://www.osvdb.org/30544 vdb entry broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967 broken link third party advisory permissions required
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2 third party advisory mailing list
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454 third party advisory mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30451 third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-6679?
CVE-2006-6679 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-6679?
To fix CVE-2006-6679, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-6679 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-6679 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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