CVE-2006-6685 (GCVE-0-2006-6685)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-12-21 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:23
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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