HIGH
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
Published Nov 30, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 14.48%
Description
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (17)
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2005-November/002685.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17749 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17817 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17878 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17942 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18101 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22556 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.dyadsecurity.com/webmin-0001.html x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-02.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:223 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_30_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418093/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2660 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
- http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.250.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.webmin.com/security.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.180.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2005-November/002685.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17749 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17817 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17878 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17942 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18101 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22556 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.dyadsecurity.com/webmin-0001.html | x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-02.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:223 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_30_sr.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418093/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2660 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.250.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.webmin.com/security.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.180.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 30, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 30, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3912
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a