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CVE-2005-3912

Format string vulnerability in miniserv.pl Perl web server in Webmin before 1.250 and Usermin before 1.180, with syslog logging enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the username parameter to the login form, which is ultimately used in a syslog call. NOTE: the code execution might be associated with an issue in Perl.

Published

2005-11-30T11:03:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	webmin	webmin	< 1.180	Yes
Application	webmin	webmin	< 1.250	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes

References

http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2005-November/002685.html Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17749 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17817 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17878 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17942 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18101 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22556 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.dyadsecurity.com/webmin-0001.html Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-02.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:223 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_30_sr.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418093/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2660 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.250.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.webmin.com/security.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.180.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2005-November/002685.html Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17749 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17817 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17878 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17942 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18101 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22556 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.dyadsecurity.com/webmin-0001.html Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-02.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:223 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_30_sr.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418093/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2660 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.250.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.webmin.com/security.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.180.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)