Vulnerability CVE-2006-6683


Published: 2006-12-21   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.4.1 and earlier verifies and updates user accounts via custom code that processes /etc/shadow and does not follow the PAM configuration, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions implemented through PAM.

Type:

CWE-264

(Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.8/10
6.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
None
None
Affected software
Pedro lineu orso -> Chetcpasswd 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454

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