High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 21, 2006· Updated Apr 23, 2026

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.

Affected products

Chetcpasswd Project/Chetcpasswd
cpe:2.3:a:chetcpasswd_project:chetcpasswd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <2.4

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/22967nvdBroken LinkPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30451nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.phpnvdProduct
www.osvdb.org/30544nvdBroken Link

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