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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1199-1 (webmin)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to webmin announced via advisory DSA 1199-1. Several vulnerabilities have been identified in webmin, a web-based administration toolkit. CVE-2005-3912 A format string vulnerability in miniserv.pl could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by crashing the application or exhausting system resources, and could potentially allow arbitrary code execution. CVE-2006-3392 Improper input sanitization in miniserv.pl could allow an attacker to read arbitrary files on the webmin host by providing a specially crafted URL path to the miniserv http server. CVE-2006-4542 Improper handling of null characters in URLs in miniserv.pl could allow an attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, read CGI program source code, list local directories, and potentially execute arbirary code.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 1.180-3sarge1 Webmin is not included in unstable (sid) or testing (etch), so these problems are not present. We recommend that you upgrade your webmin (1.180-3sarge1) package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201199-1

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