Gentoo Webmin 1.140/1.150/1.160/1.170 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Gentoo Webmin 1.140/1.150/1.160/1.170. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-0427. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Gentoo Webmin 1.140/1.150/1.160/1.170 (Software Management Software). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was published 05/02/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at gentoo.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0427 since 02/15/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16449 (GLSA-200502-12 : Webmin: Information leak in Gentoo binary package), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 1.170-r3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19315), Tenable (16449) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-22859†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 16449
Nessus Name: GLSA-200502-12 : Webmin: Information leak in Gentoo binary package
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OpenVAS ID: 54844
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200502-12 (Webmin)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Webmin 1.170-r3

Timelineinfo

02/14/2005 🔍
02/15/2005 +1 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +76 days 🔍
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07/14/2009 +1534 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +2065 days 🔍
07/01/2021 +2305 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gentoo.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0427 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0427
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24455
X-Force: 19315
Vulnerability Center: 22859 - Webmin Prior to 1.170-r3 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/01/2021 18:14
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (57), 02/11/2017 10:38 (7), 07/01/2021 18:14 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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