Gentoo Webmin up to 1.590 cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Gentoo Webmin. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2012-4893. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Gentoo Webmin (Software Management Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in file/show.cgi in Webmin 1.590 and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of privileged users for requests that (1) read files or execute (2) tar, (3) zip, or (4) gzip commands, a different issue than CVE-2012-2982.

The weakness was released 09/11/2012 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-4893 since 09/11/2012. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73066 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : webmin (MDVSA-2014:062)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (73066) and SecurityFocus (BID 55446†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-6118, VDB-6119, VDB-6121 and VDB-6122. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• Software Management Software

Vendor

• Gentoo

Name

• Webmin

Version

• 1.140
• 1.150
• 1.160
• 1.170
• 1.180
• 1.200
• 1.210
• 1.220
• 1.230
• 1.240
• 1.260
• 1.270
• 1.280
• 1.290
• 1.300
• 1.310
• 1.320
• 1.330
• 1.340
• 1.370
• 1.380
• 1.390
• 1.400
• 1.410
• 1.420
• 1.430
• 1.440
• 1.450
• 1.470
• 1.480
• 1.500
• 1.510
• 1.520
• 1.530
• 1.550
• 1.560
• 1.570
• 1.580
• 1.590

License

• open-source

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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