The ebuild of Webmin before 1.170-r3 on Gentoo Linux includes the encrypted root password in the miniserv.users file when building a tbz2 of the webmin package, which allows remote attackers to obtain and possibly crack the encrypted password.
2005-05-02T04:00:00.000
2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Deferred
CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
10.0
2.9
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Application | gentoo | webmin | 1.140 | Yes |
Application | gentoo | webmin | 1.150 | Yes |
Application | gentoo | webmin | 1.160 | Yes |
Application | gentoo | webmin | 1.170 | Yes |
Application | gentoo | webmin | 1.170 | Yes |